by News Staff | Apr 5, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Inyo County Board of Supervisors will be holding a special workshop with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power staff this Friday. The purpose: coordinate preparations and emergency services for the impending epic spring runoff. Judging from...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Big Pine Paiute Tribe press release (Big Pine, Calif.) — Speaking on behalf of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Chairwoman Shannon Romero extends a sincere thanks to the many people, near and far, who supported their five-year struggle to get the Los Angeles Department of...
by News Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy A three-year effort to repair or replace a half-mile stretch of 75-year-old pipeline delivering irrigation water to the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley ditch system may have partially ended. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will...
by News Staff | Mar 19, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Submitted by Daniel Pritchett According to a press release recently issued by the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, DWP has yet to start repairs to its pipe which supplies irrigation water to the Big Pine reservation. The pipe has gotten increasingly clogged...
by News Staff | Mar 14, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Representatives from water agencies tapping into the Owens River groundwater basin gathered last Thursday for a second workshop on California’s mandate to achieve groundwater sustainability. The two biggest questions, however, remain unanswered: what...
