A coalition of public and private water utilities in California is lobbying lawmakers to draft legislation that protects them from liability for damages caused by fires they didn’t start, even if they failed to help put the fires out.
One of the cases being cited by the Coalition for Fire Protection and Accountability involves a water utility that was held liable for $70 million in damages after being unable to supply water to firefighters. The utility had a pump station that was damaged in the fire and became inoperable.
Justin Skarb, director of government relations for California Water Service, tells the Enterprise-Record
News Briefs: Should Water Utilities Be Liable for Wildfire Damages?
In this week's sewer and water news, a coalition of California water utilities lobbies lawmakers to protect them from liability for damages caused by fires they didn't start but failed to help extinguish
Jun 04, 2019 |
