by News Staff | May 27, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Submitted by Daniel Pritchett Supervisors must act promptly to challenge DWP DWP released its final 2015-2016 Operations Plan last week. As expected, it includes enormous (57%) reductions in Owens Valley irrigation water. Under the Inyo LA Water Agreement...
by News Staff | May 18, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
The Memorandum of Understanding partners met last Thursday in an effort to re-allocate what little water there is to keep area ranchers’ in business. According to Inyo County Water Department Director Bob Harrington, the meeting resulted in a potential 4,000-5,000...
by News Staff | May 11, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Numbers and locations have been thrown out since Monday’s Tech Group meeting, but the final decision on how to provide adequate irrigation for Owens Valley agriculture was postponed at Thursday’s Standing Committee meeting. Farmers and ranchers will have to wait until...
by News Staff | May 4, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Letter to the Editor submitted by the Owens Valley Committee The Owens Valley Committee met Wednesday to discuss short-term solutions for getting water to the valley’s ranchers. The group called this emergency meeting in reaction to Los Angeles...
by News Staff | May 3, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Submitted by Daniel Pritchett The Inyo Supervisors’ “Talking Water” workshop must have been quite an extravaganza to judge by the Inyo Register’s coverage (4/30/15). Unfortunately, portions of the proceedings were all too predictable: misleading...
