SAWS says it's paying millions for water it can't use, but the water district, BMA, says the contract is still valid.
A Hill Country water district is trying to land a knockout blow in its multimillion-dollar legal battle with San Antonio Water System. The Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, commonly known as BMA , is asking a state district judge to dismiss a lawsuit
Saying it's paying millions for nothing, San Antonio Water System sues to end Medina Lake contract has paid about $30 million to BMA since 2013, and the contract runs through 2049. has argued, among other things, that the contract violates public policy. In a response filed last week, BMA's lawyers say the utility's claims have no basis in fact or law, and also contend that the court doesn't have jurisdiction to rule in the dispute. BMA's filing argues that it has governmental immunity from the utility’s claims, that
' filtration plant, in part because of how low the water level was in the lake. In 2015, at least $35 million, Burton said last year. The utility wouldn't make that investment for a water source that's so unreliable and interruptible. itself agrees that the terms of the agreement aren’t uncommon in water supply agreements. The water district is also objecting to
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