United States v. Water Supply and Storage Co.
Under a proposed consent decree concerning the rupture of a closed culvert/pipe system, which forms part of the Grand River Ditch’s infrastructure, that caused substantial water to flow into the drainage in Rocky Mountain National Park, settling System Unit Resource Protection Act defendants must pay $2,680,000 in response costs and damages, enter into an operations and maintenance agreement governing management of the Grand River Ditch, and hire a third-party independent consultant to develop a comprehensive operations and maintenance plan.