by News Staff | May 11, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Owens Valley has seen a pattern over the last two years—and not just in terms of below normal snow pack and precipitation. It goes something like this: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power comes out with a predictably unacceptable to Inyo...
by News Staff | May 9, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County representatives on the Technical Group held their ground on issues to be decided at this Thursday’s Standing Committee meeting: No test pumping on wells at Five Bridges until the mitigation reaches sustainable goals; the County still wants to...
by News Staff | Feb 9, 2016 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy With a little wordsmithing, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s request for an okay on the development of a plan to reduce water allocations for irrigation and mitigation projects in the event of a fifth consecutive year of drought came...
by News Staff | May 18, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
The Memorandum of Understanding partners met last Thursday in an effort to re-allocate what little water there is to keep area ranchers’ in business. According to Inyo County Water Department Director Bob Harrington, the meeting resulted in a potential 4,000-5,000...
by News Staff | May 11, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Numbers and locations have been thrown out since Monday’s Tech Group meeting, but the final decision on how to provide adequate irrigation for Owens Valley agriculture was postponed at Thursday’s Standing Committee meeting. Farmers and ranchers will have to wait until...