by News Staff | Jan 4, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
LADWP press release Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has awarded the contract for construction of Phase 9/10 of Owens Lake’s dust mitigation effort to OHL USA. The contract with OHL USA is not to exceed $238,973,689, which...
by News Staff | Apr 22, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Owens Valley wet leases will have their water allotments cut by 66 percent this run-off year, an unprecedented number during an unprecedented drought. “There just isn’t any water,” Inyo County Water Department Director Bob Harrington told the Board of...
by News Staff | Jan 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Drought makes all water uses shaky. For those locked in a reluctant relationship with the Department of Water and Power, it’s worse. Officials in our two counties have begun the dance to secure water. Inyo Supervisors wrote down their views on the Owens Dry...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In December, the Inyo Sheriff’s Office arrested three men in connection with equipment thefts from the Department of Water and Power. Now, the Sheriff and other law enforcement agencies are investigating other equipment thefts from several construction sites in...
by News Staff | Oct 22, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
This month, the World Health Organization declared air pollution a human carcinogen, calling it a leading cause of cancer deaths globally. The WHO labeled air pollution as the highest of the agency’s four-level classification system. What about the Owens Dry...