Temescal Water Co. v. Department of Public Works

The Division of Water Resources of the Department of Public Works issued a permit authorizing the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to appropriate annually a quantity of water from the Bautista Creek, a tributary of the San Jacinto River. By this proceeding in mandamus, Temescal Water Company and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District are endeavoring to compel the division to withdraw and cancel the permit and to deny the district’s application. The appeal is from a judgment in favor of the conservation district and the department which followed an order…