by Deb Murphy | Dec 10, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Photo by Deb Murphy With a legal settlement on the horizon, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is set to turn on Well 385, in the Five Bridges area, for a two-month test. On the surface, this seems like no big deal. But, the dispute of pumping a well that...
by News Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
News release from Owens Valley Committee The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) informed the Owens Valley Committee of its decision to postpone the testing of Well 385, a LADWP well located north of Bishop, CA, in an area known as Five Bridges. LADWP...
by News Staff | May 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Los Angeles Department of Water and Power came out with its 2018-19 operations plan late last month. Inyo County came back April 30 with its own recommendation, below the low end of LADWP’s proposed range. LADWP’s range started at 77,990 acre-feet,...
by News Staff | Feb 18, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Inyo County Board of Supervisors acknowledged the complexity of water issues in Inyo County at Tuesday’s meeting. What it didn’t do was accept recommendations presented by Water Commission Chair Mike Prather and Commissioner Craig Patton. While the...
by News Staff | Feb 16, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Three hundred acres scarred by lost meadow grasses in the Five Bridges area, north of Bishop, south of the Owens River, could be the poster child for failed mitigation of groundwater pumping. The mantra — if there is damage, it will be mitigated...