by News Staff | Oct 29, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Los Angeles Times focused on one man in the Owens Valley in the Sunday edition. Reporter Louis Sahagun compared Air Pollution Control District Director Ted Schade to Gary Cooper in the classic film, “High Noon.” Schade’s battle, not with old west...
by News Staff | Oct 25, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(Mono County Press Release) The Mono County Facilities Department is pleased to announce the completion of the exhaust pollution removal system installations at all of our County Road Shops (Walker, Bridgeport, Lee Vining, Benton, and Crowley Lake). These systems will...
by News Staff | Oct 21, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Over the years, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s wholesale water diversion from the Owens Valley dried up the Owens Lake and created what has been described as the worst dust pollution of its kind in the western hemisphere. Now, DWP wants no more...
by News Staff | Oct 18, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Officials of Mammoth Community Water District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power continue to meet over a possible settlement of DWP’s two lawsuits aimed at Mammoth’s rights to Mammoth Creek water. Water District Manager Greg Norby said the...
by News Staff | Oct 15, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Since the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced its lawsuit Friday against the federal and state governments and local air pollution control district, officials and citizens here have begun to assess possible impacts and criticize the mega-utility for...
