Schwarzkopf v. Sac County Board of Supervisors

LARSON, Justice.

A group of local residents formed a rural water district in Sac, Carroll and Crawford Counties for the purpose of pumping and distributing water to its members. See Iowa Code ch. 357A (1977). This local system was known as the West Central Iowa Rural Water Association, a nonprofit corporation. A permit to withdraw water was granted to the Association by the Natural Resources Council over the objection of some of the residents of the area, including these plaintiffs. No judicial review was sought by the objectors. To facilitate construction of the pipeline, the Sac County board…