Bator v. Ford Motor Co.

Defendant Ford Motor Company, whose plant covers 1,100 acres located on the River Rouge in the city of Dearborn, desiring to double its power plant capacity, found it necessary to acquire a new source of condenser water supply of from 600,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 gallons of raw water per day, which is nearly double the amount of purified water used by the entire city of Detroit. The method then in use was to take raw water from the river, discharging it at a point below the plant, but there being very little fall between the two points, the heated water instead of going down the river to its…