Water Quality Assn. v. City of Escondido

Opinion

HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

The City of Escondido (the City) enacted an ordinance which established a water reclamation plan and, pursuant to that objective, prohibited the use of a certain type of water softening appliance, the self-regenerating or automatic water softener, within a particular water service area. (City of Escondido Ord. No. 91-3, § 6.5 (the ordinance).) The City maintained this ordinance was an exercise of its municipal police power to enact sanitation measures, particularly to prevent excessive deposits of salt in the reclaimed water supply.

Plaintiffs Water Quality…