by News Staff | Aug 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County residents have a chance to enter public service. One vacancy each exists on the Inyo Water Commission and Planning Commission. The Water Commission duty is to watch over the Long Term Water Agreement requirements and to advise the Board of Supervisors. A...
by News Staff | Jan 13, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
While the Inyo Water Department searches for answers to dried up West Bishop wells and a ten-foot drop in a monitoring well, citizens have begun to galvanize their concerns over lakes, creeks, water ditches, ponds and the groundwater table. One local citizen, Philip...
by News Staff | Dec 11, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The most outspoken, knowledgeable and to some degree rebellious people when it comes to the Inyo-Los Angeles water issue did not gain appointments to the Inyo Water Commission. Two others did. (Letters from candidates follow story.) Sally Manning, long a plant...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County’s Water Policy adopted in 1999 spells out the duties of the Inyo Water Commission, which could be summarized as environmental watchdogs over the Long Term Water Agreement. The Supervisors will appoint two members to that Commission next month and the...
by News Staff | Oct 9, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
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 that connects the people of the Owens Valley to water issues. Inyo...