by News Staff | Apr 2, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power continues to attack community water rights in Mammoth Lakes. LADWP filed two lawsuits that claim Mammoth Creek water belongs to Los Angeles, not to Mammoth. LADWP now wants their lawsuits transferred to Fresno County...
by News Staff | Feb 29, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
As Mammoth Community Water District gears up to spend money on a fight with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for all of its surface water rights, officials have begun to look at LADWP’s water supply and demand. They found that by comparison to...
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...
by News Staff | Jan 6, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power denied last year that their philosophy is to get all the water they can get. The Owens Valley knew that was a thin denial. Now, so does Mammoth Lakes. LADWP filed a suit that claims Mammoth Lakes has no...
by News Staff | Dec 21, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Mammoth Community Water District regularly monitors over 20 monitoring and eight production wells and collects streamflow measurements of Mammoth Creek. This local groundwater and surface water monitoring supports the District’s larger water resources management...