by News Staff | Mar 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In a 6-page letter to the Department of Water and Power, Inyo’s Water Director says LA has violated the Long Term Water Agreement with its new ranch leases because they give less water and less control over water than the Agreement allows. In the mid-60s, when...
by News Staff | Mar 24, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
At the end of this month, water officials calculate the so-called “water year.” This year promises to add up to one of the lowest snowpacks on record. The Department of Water and Power recently re-measured snow up in the hills, and Mammoth Community Water...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In a series of contradictory moves, the Department of Water and Power refused to go along with wishes of the Lone Pine school farm on water needs – that was at the Standing Committee meeting, then they unilaterally issued a lease changing the location of the...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
More complex than a wedding invitation – Inyo County’s discussion over whether or not and how to send a letter to the Department of Water and Power to invite officials to come to a Board meeting to update Inyo on LA’s solar project plans. After a...
by News Staff | Feb 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The recent storms did give the Eastern Sierra snowpack a bump, but just a bump. On the Department of Water and Power website, the current precipitation charts show Mammoth Pass water content barely above the driest year on record, which is the snowpack of...
