by News Staff | Jun 6, 2021 | Inyo County, LADWP, News Releases
LADWP Newsletter Says That They Have Adapted Operations to Meet 2020’s Low Runoff and Statewide Dry Conditions Los Angeles, CA (May 27, 2021) – LADWP is adapting annual operations to meet the low runoff in the Owens Valley, forecasted at a mere 55% of normal. As a...
by Deb Murphy | Apr 29, 2021 | Inyo County, LADWP, News Releases
The Inyo County Water Department drafted its recommendation on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pumping plan for the 2021-22 water year , asking the department to pump 8-percent less than its minimum of 64,600 acre-feet. Citing areas in the Owens Valley...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Submitted by Philip Anaya A miracle is in the making in the Owens Valley . For the first time in 48 years the Eastern Sierra has more snowpack, more runoff, than we know what to do with . Although flooding and its effects loom large in the immediate future, the...
by News Staff | Oct 3, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 sent a simple message to state water agencies: develop a sustainability plan or the state will. Now Inyo County has to figure out what to do with those parts of the Owens Valley Groundwater...
by News Staff | Oct 14, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
The following letter was submitted by Daniel Pritchett: As a board member of the Owens Valley Committee (OVC), I was interested to read the recent (10/10/15) OpEd (attributed to Jim Yannotta) defending DWP’s program for new well construction. The OpEd pointed out: 1)...
