Who pays when subsidence damages water infrastructure?
“Friant knows who is responsible for the damage – they clearly know who is responsible,” he said of the water agency. “We know that because Friant has entered into settlement agreements with parties that caused the damage. Unfortunately, Friant did not request those parties to pay the full cost of repair, hence they’re coming to the City of Fresno to backfill that deficit.”
Following months of hydrologic saber-rattling, Fresno lawmakers voted 4-2 to sue Friant Water Authority over a request for payment to fund repairs to the Friant-Kern Canal in the south Valley.
The legal brinkmanship, which centers on a relatively small sum – roughly $2.5 million, could have far-reaching consequences by putting the water supply of California’s fifth-largest city in jeopardy.
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