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Questions of air quality law between DWP and APCD
With last minute surprises from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Great Basin Air Pollution Control Board met recently in Mammoth Lakes. The APCD Board had approved a Term Sheet which...
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LADWP commissioners demand transparency on $40 million expenditures
Los Angeles news reports revealed recently that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has transferred more than $40 million of ratepayer money to two private trust funds over the past 13 years...
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Seats available on Inyo Water Commission
The Inyo Water Commission was formed under the Long-Term Water Agreement between Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in the early 90s. It was designed to be the public body...
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100 Mule March connects Owens Valley with LA
Jennifer and Lee Roeser On October 18th, 100 mules and people from Eastern Sierra pack stations will gather at the intake of the Los Angeles Aqueduct to begin a 240-mile march to Los Angeles. The...
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Mules take center stage with artist’s direction
Facebook photo On Friday, October 18th, 100 mules and people from Eastern Sierra pack stations will gather at the intake of the Los Angeles Aqueduct to begin a 240-mile march to Los Angeles. The event...
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LA Times reveals identity of 1976 aqueduct bombers
Back in 1976 when John Heston and Benett Kessler started Eastern Sierra News Service, a drought hit the Eastern Sierra and so did major political controversy over the Department of Water and Power’s...
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DWP solar project comment deadline extended
LADWP headquarters, Los Angeles, hosted some 75 people on the solar ranch project. Once again, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has extended the comment period on the Draft EIR of the...
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Letter to the Editor: DWP’s “long, checkered history” on Manzanar
Manzanar Committee Launches Letter-Writing Campaign In Opposition To LADWP Solar Ranch Near Manzanar LOS ANGELES — On December 5, the Manzanar Committee announced the launch of a letter-writing...
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Letter to the Editor: Manzanar Committee – online petition to oppose DWP solar
Petition Drive Demands Halt To LADWP’s Plan To Build Solar Energy Facility Adjacent To Manzanar LOS ANGELES – On December 14, the Manzanar Committee announced that it has launched an online petition...
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Letter to the Editor: Plea to LA’s Mayor
Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles Dear Mayor Garcetti, I am a resident of the town of Independence in the Owens Valley. Along with many other residents of Owens Valley, I am deeply concerned...
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Cleaner skies will you see
Bishop Creek Farm operator Steve Baldwin explains his newly converted electric tractor which allows him and his farming partner Bruce Willey to work more land while producing virtually no direct...
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After 20 years, DWP/Inyo tear up desert to make it green
Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power signed the Long Term Water Agreement more than 20 years ago. They started talking about a “re-greening” project east of Independence in...
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Well driller comments on West Bishop
As we have reported, the groundwater table has dropped below a half dozen or so homeowners’ wells in West Bishop and one community well. With what appears to be ongoing drought, concerns have...
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Letter to the editor: DWP Manager addresses lakes, wells
DWP Aqueduct Manager James Yannotta This letter is to provide accurate information about the levels of South Lake and Lake Sabrina, as well as about the operation of a well and ditches in the West...
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Inyo Supervisors: drought instructions, elected officials’ pay
Even with some recent snow, severe drought continues throughout California. At today’s Inyo Supervisors meeting, Water Department officials want direction from the Board on how to engage with the Los...
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Better snowpack but not great
Instead of worst ever, officials now call this year’s snowpack slightly better. The California Department of Water Resources snow survey team checked out conditions last week, and the Los Angeles...
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Inyo Supervisors: setting a date with DWP
The Inyo Supervisors agenda lists an item 20 which asks for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to “provide the Inyo County Board of Supervisors with a presentation on the status of LADWP’s...
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DWP power officials met privately with select few in Inyo
Finally…Planning Officials from LADWP on SOVSR! By Charles James On Thursday and Friday, two Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Planning Department officials visited selected groups in Inyo...
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LADWP will come to Inyo for solar talk
In early March, the Inyo Supervisors fretted over how to invite the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to come to a Board meeting to talk about their Solar Ranch project across from Manzanar....
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Public passion against DWP’s solar ranch
When Los Angeles Department of Water and Power official, MichaelWebster, travelled to Independence to explain the City’s Solar Ranch project, he heard some angry and some frank comments against...
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Fire near 5 Bridges burns more than 100 acres
Photos by Jeff Webb of San Francisco, camping in area when fire started. Saturday fire broke out in the Five Bridges area 5 miles northeast of Bishop. In such a dry year, fears came to the forefront...
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LADWP pumping plan is out
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has issued its Annual Operations Plan which includes groundwater pumping. In a letter to Inyo Water Director Bob Harrington, DWP Aqueduct Manager Jim...
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Letter to the editor: step up to the plate of water management
(This is a letter written by the Owens Valley Committee to the Inyo-LA Technical Group by OVC VP, Daniel Pritchett) Inyo-LA Technical Group C/O Bob Harrington Inyo County Water Department PO Box 337...
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Owens Valley Bird Festival flying in April
– Press release American Avocets – Owens Lake – by Gail Klett Lone Pine, CA – Each year in spring and fall Owens Lake, at the terminus of the Owens River near Lone Pine, CA, supports hundreds of...
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You Have Been Warned! Owens River Gorge Closed for Public Access August 3-9
PUBLIC ADVISED OF HIGH WATER LEVELS AND POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS Owens River Gorge Off Limits August 3 – 9 due to higher-than-normal water flow. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will...
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Eastern Sierra Precipitation Conditions Get A Nice Bump
Measuring the snowpack [Photo courtesy DWP]Rural Central and Southern Californians have a unique relationship with weather, or more precisely, a love-hate relationship. While folks in Los Angeles were...
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What’s all the commotion on the West Side of Independence?
All the Commotion on the West Side of Independence? You may have noticed CalFire trucks and lots of work going on behind the museum on the west side of Independence lately. This work is associated...
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The Countdown to Proposed LADWP Pumping Begins
Pumping water out of the Owens Valley during a severe drought. (Updated: Corrected 4/28/20) With a snow pack at 46-percent of normal, as of April 28, Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of...
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Inyo County Wants LADWP to Pump 8% Less Than Planned
Inyo County Water Department wants LADWP to reduce it pumping plan minimum. The Inyo County Water Department drafted its recommendation on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pumping plan...
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Harmful Algae Blooms Detected in Deadman Creek, observed in Hummingbird and...
Recent testing yielded positive results for small amounts of toxic algae in Deadman Creek and visual observations made at Hummingbird and Odell Lakes in the 20 Lakes Basin may indicate toxic algae is...
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