State officials also investigated. The case went before an administrative hearing office for the State Water Resources Control Board. The office determined the company didn’t have the right to take water from several spots in the Strawberry Creek Watershed. In other spots further downstream, the office said more investigation would be needed for state officials to make such a claim.
“We have never taken more water than we believe we are legally entitled to, nor will we in the future,” the statement said. “They turned a perennial stream into a dry creek bed,” she said. “I am hoping this can all be restored and it will help our watershed.”
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