City of Waterbury v. Town of Wash., No. X01-Uwy-Cv97-140886 (Feb. 16, 2000)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

In this case, public interests in the natural condition of a beautiful and nearly pristine river are in competition with public interests in using that river to produce an abundant and low cost supply of potable water. The river at issue is the Shepaug River, which has its watershed in the towns of Cornwall, Goshen, Warren and Litchfield and which flows through the towns of Washington and Roxbury. In 1933, the City of Waterbury ("City") completed a dam across the west branch of the Shepaug to…