Water Employees File Motion Intervening City’s Eminent Domain Case

“One more challenge is added to the city’s battle to acquire Mountain Water Company. 38 Mountain Water employees filed a motion on Wednesday, intervening in the City of Missoula’s efforts to condemn Missoula’s water through eminent domain. The motion asks that the employees have a say in the city’s eminent domain case.

It all started after the company’s current owner, the Carlyle Group, rejected the city’s offer to buy Missoula’s water supply. The city asked a district court judge to allow it to acquire Mountain Water by eminent domain.”

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Sanchez, Ashley. ABC News Montana 28 May 2014.