# ALISAL WATER CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Unknown
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52658`
- **Case Number:** 09-1996-0040
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unknown
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADCOCK, PATRICIA (complaint)
- ADCOCK, ROBERT T. (complaint)
- ALCO WATER SERVICE
- ALISAL WATER CORPORATION (complaint)
- BLACKIE ROAD WATER SYSTEM #18
- LANGLEY/VALLE PACIFICO WATER
- MOSS LANDING HARBOR DISTRICT WATER
- NORMCO WATER SYSTEM
- PINE CANYON DIVISION OF ALCO WATER SERV
- SAN JERARDO WATER SYSTEM
- TORO WATER SERVICE, INC. (complaint)
- VIERRA ESTATES WATER SYSTEM
- VIERRA ESTATES WATER SYSTEM #30
- WILDWOOD WATER SYSTEM
## Summary

ALISAL WATER COPORATION, WHICH DOES BUSINESS AS ALCO       WATER SERVICE, AND NINE OTHER CLOSELY AFFILIATED COMPANIES,  OPERATE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT SUPPLY WATER FOR DOMESTIC  USE AT OR NEAR THE CITY OF SALINAS IN MONTEREY COUNTY,       CALIFORNIA.  AT VARIOUS TIMES SINCE AUGUST, 1991, THESE      COMPANIES HAVE SUBMITTED FALSE REPORTS OF THE MONITORING     OF THEIR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA     AND THE COUNTY OF MONTEREY.                                    IN JUNE OF 1994, UPON DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST FALSE REPORTS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REFERRED THIS MATTER TO THE U.S.     ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FOR A       CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.  AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN     BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE      CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, OFFICE OF CRIMINAL          ENFORCEMENT, U.S. EPA.  THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS       DECLINED BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ON AUGUST 30, 1996.     BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND    BECAUSE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS REGARDING SOME OF THE     EARLY REPORTING MAY BEGIN TO BAR CLAIMS AS EARLY AS          AUGUST 28, 1996, TIME HAS BEEN OF THE ESSENCE.  TO AVOID     STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS BARS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE          PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANTS ENTERED INTO A TOLLING AGREEMENT      ON AUGUST 16, 1996, THAT EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 15, 1996.          ALISAL WATER CORPORATION AND ITS RELATED WATER SYSTEMS     SUBMITTED FALSE SAMPLING INFORMATION T

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