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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

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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...

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