Freeman v. Contra Costa County Water District

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

Appellants are the owners of residences in the City of Concord served by the water system of respondent Contra Costa County Water District. Each of the appellants maintains on his property a well from which water is drawn for such purposes as gardening and car-washing. Although appellants had not connected their well water systems to the pipes of the district’s public system, the district threatens to terminate service until the affected householders agree to have installed, at their own expense, a “double check valve assembly,” designed to prevent water from the auxiliary…