Water utility sues Santa Claus and Koch Development

Santa La Hill, a rural water utility, buys its water from the Town of Santa Claus and sells it to Holiday World — an arrangement the utility says is guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But the company that owns Holiday World and Splashin' Safari — Koch Development — recently sent the utility a letter saying it will no longer buy water from the company, instead buying directly from the town. Koch said the action it took was necessary to make sure that a water shortage in the town would never shut down Holiday World and Splashin' Safari.

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