Niles Sand & Gravel Co. v. Alameda County Water District

Opinion

RATTIGAN, Acting P. J.

As will appear in further detail, the appeals herein present the following factual situation: Respondent Alameda County Water District maintains a program through which it regularly replenishes the natural underground water supply within its territorial jurisdiction by forcing stored water below ground in a process of percolation. Appellants are the operators of deep “pits” (or “quarries”) from which they extract and sell commercial sand and gravel. The district’s replenishment program raised the underground water table to a level below which appellants’ pits had…