Santa Clara Valley Water District

California’s Water Crisis Forces Court to Rescind $4.6 Million Water Extraction Fee Refund

It looks as if Nestle’s illegal extraction of water from the San Bernardino National Forest in California isn’t the only water battle raging in the face of California’s water crisis. A Northern California water district legally charged a smaller competitor millions in extraction fees for drawing water from wells on its own property, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.