A huge quarry owned by one of the Bay Area’s most prominent construction companies has violated water pollution standards more than 900 times in the past six years, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose.
Water that builds up in the A.R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas, owned by Graniterock, has repeatedly been discharged into the nearby Pajaro River, which empties into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the lawsuit by Environment California and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance alleges.
The quarry water contains aluminum, iron, molybdenum, high levels of salts and sediment, and other contaminants that can harm steelhead trout and other fish and wildlife, according to the lawsuit…