by News Staff | Apr 25, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
For those who may want to hear officials talk about the Department of Water and Power’s pumping plans for the year, this issue will come up Monday at a special meeting of the Inyo Supervisors. The Thursday Water Commission meeting planned for that discussion had...
by News Staff | Apr 15, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In it’s official runoff forecast, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power figures the Owens Valley at 54% of normal and the Mono Basin at 66% of normal. Before issuance of those figures, DWP sent the Inyo Water Department a letter to say they propose a 20%...
by News Staff | Mar 4, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In 1940, the family of Stan Matlick of Bishop won a court decision called the Hillside Decree that limits groundwater pumping in the Bishop area to the amount used on Los Angeles-owned lands in what’s called the Bishop Cone. No groundwater is to be exported....