Tacoma Officials Ordered to Shut Off the Water—or Else
A judge cites the mayor and public works board for contempt after they ignore an injunction to cut Clover Creek; the city's upper neighborhoods may soon pay the price.
TACOMA, March 6.—The mayor, board of public works and city attorney were today cited by Judge Parker to appear in court Saturday morning and show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court for not shutting off the city's water supply from Clover Creek as directed by the injunction issued Monday. If the supply is shut off the upper part of the city may be without water for a few hours while pipe connections are being made.
“If the supply is shut off the upper part of the city may be without water for a few hours while pipe connections are being made.”
Water fights in Tacoma are not new: then it was an injunction and a contempt hearing over Clover Creek; today the questions are aging pipes, supply and who gets served first. The story is a reminder that infrastructure decisions are always political, even when they arrive as a court order.
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