by News Staff | Feb 28, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In recent days, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power issued a press release to complain about having to clean up the Owens Dry Lake dust, the worst pollution source of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. LA water diversions created the dusty lake bed. ...
by News Staff | Feb 24, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The current Los Angeles Department of Water and Power regime has gone back to what local officials call bullying, suing and ignoring old rules. Their recent actions in the Eastern Sierra point to DWP’s quest for more water and more money. In an effort to avoid...
by News Staff | Feb 23, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will apparently clean up 98% of the toxic Owens Lake dust, but they don’t want to go the whole 100%. In a lengthy press release from DWP Senior Assistant General Manager for Water, James McDaniel, the news came out...
by News Staff | Feb 15, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A new Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Aqueduct Manager will take over the Eastern Sierra headquarters soon. DWP confirmed the report that James G. Yannotta, Assistant Director of Water Resources in Los Angeles, will come up to the Bishop office in early...
by News Staff | Feb 14, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In its tradition of bullying small towns to grab their water, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s latest victim is Mammoth Lakes and its water district. LA filed suit to claim that all of Mammoth Creek water belongs to the City of LA, not Mammoth...
