MCWD Board Welcomes New District General Manager The Mammoth Community Water District is happy to announce the selection of Patrick Hayes as the new General Manager. Mr. Hayes will be starting at the District on April 15th. The selection of Mr. Hayes was approved at a special board meeting held on March 13th. He [...]
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No comment on MCWD/LADWP meeting
Officials from Mammoth Community Water District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power sat down in a private negotiation session last Friday in Sacramento. The issue – LADWP’s lawsuits that attack Mammoth’s water rights. The two sides are still operating under a confidentiality agreement and declined comment. Water District Attorney Steve Kronick said [...]
MCWD negotiations on again with LADWP
Last November, Mammoth Community Water District officials said the District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had made “substantial progress toward an agreement” over a Mammoth Creek water rights dispute. Even the Los Angeles Times reported that settlement appeared imminent. Then, for an undisclosed reason, it all fell through and both sides [...]
No chromium-6 in Mammoth water
Officials at Mammoth Community Water District point to the latest water quality report for the Mammoth water supply on their website and explained to customers that dangerous chemicals have been a problem in many areas of the nation’s water supply but not in Mammoth Lakes. In a press release, District officials say that the public [...]
MCWD says Casa Diablo Plans could hurt Mammoth water supply
Mammoth Community Water District officials say that the proposed Casa Diablo Geothermal plant expansion could harm both groundwater and surface water resources used to serve the community of Mammoth Lakes. Casa Diablo Geothermal officials have gone through the environmental investigation of their expansion plans and Mammoth’s Water District has responded. In a press release, the [...]
MCWD and LADWP now on course for water rights litigation
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says they are still in negotiations. Mammoth Community Water District officials say they don’t want to comment. What looked like a settlement over DWP’s attack on Mammoth’s water rights now looks iffy. A trial date has been set for September. Alan Lily, one of Mammoth Water District’s attorneys, [...]
MCWD and LADWP still not settled over water rights
A recent edition of the Los Angeles Times reported that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was “weighing a compromise” in its legal attack on Mammoth’s rights to Mammoth Creek water. The Times reported some terms of a settlement and put the word “truce” in their headline. It all seemed just about over. [...]
MCWD board appoints Interim General Manager
Current District Engineer, John Pedersen, was appointed Interim General Manger of the Mammoth Community Water District by the Board of Directors at a Special Meeting held on January 31st. Greg Norby, General Manager since November 2008, resigned recently to reside closer to family and friends. Mr. Pedersen’s Interim General Manager appointment starts on February 1, [...]
MCWD, LADWP settlement apparently close
Almost a year ago, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power filed lawsuits which challenged Mammoth Community Water District’s rights to Mammoth Creek water, which is a major part of the town water supply. The suits were connected to the EIR on Mammoth Creek flows and Mammoth’s Urban Water Management Plan. DWP said these [...]
MCWD/LADWP sit down for more talks
At Los Angeles Department of Water and Power headquarters Monday, officials from Mammoth Community Water District and LADWP planned to sit down for another negotiation session. It all started at the end of last year when DWP filed lawsuits that claimed LA, not Mammoth, owns the water rights to Mammoth Creek. Water District officials and [...]
MCWD manager will leave Mammoth
Greg Norby took the top job at Mammoth Community Water District almost exactly four years ago. The District issued a news release Monday to say Norby will move on to the Bay Area at the end of January. Norby has overseen continued projects – recycled water systems, a large solar array and other developments. By [...]
LADWP and MCWD talking settlement
Officials of Mammoth Community Water District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power continue to meet over a possible settlement of DWP’s two lawsuits aimed at Mammoth’s rights to Mammoth Creek water. Water District Manager Greg Norby said the two sides met last Tuesday in Los Angeles. DWP General Manager Ron Nichols was [...]
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