This Dec. 22, 2011 photo shows the capped ponds of the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Jurupa Valley, Calif. Insurance companies must pay up to the policy limits for cleanup of the Stringfellow Acid Pits the California Supreme Court ruled. The 17-acre industrial waste dump 50 miles east of Los Angeles near Glen Avon was operated by the state from 1956 to 1972 and contaminants fouled groundwater supplies. The site, which was once a quarry, later became a federal Superfund site. The state high court's unanimous decision on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2012, which ends a decades-long dispute, means insurance companies may owe California up to $60 million, including interest, said Roger W. Simpson, who represented California in the case. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Kurt Miller)
That water dispute has been the subject of ongoing litigation. The Griffin Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/U2d3uR ) that Coweta County and its water authority have spent more than a half million dollars in legal fees to win a change in price.
Under a 50-year contract, Coweta is required to buy a set number of gallons of water daily from Griffin. The required purchases increase each year until peaking at 7.5 million gallons per day in 2025. At one point, Cowetta offered $7 million to buy a share of the Griffin water system so it could get the same rates as city residents.
The Griffin Board of Commissioners has scheduled a vote on the matter for Tuesday.
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Information from: Griffin Daily News, http://www.griffindailynews.com
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