by News Staff | May 13, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Short of getting the Department of Water and Power to admit that groundwater pumping lowers the water table and kills plants, the currently proposed resolution to the Blackrock 94 dispute does reduce groundwater pumping and embarks on a prescribed burn project to...
by News Staff | Apr 17, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The sad truth this year – not enough water to go around for all the needs. The hope remains that agencies and people will get together and agree to share the pain. That was the underlying message when the Inyo Water Commission met Wednesday with around 100...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In a series of contradictory moves, the Department of Water and Power refused to go along with wishes of the Lone Pine school farm on water needs – that was at the Standing Committee meeting, then they unilaterally issued a lease changing the location of the...
by News Staff | Dec 17, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Reports are now out that a number of private wells in West Bishop neighborhoods have dried up. Residents, alarmed at these developments, are questioning why after 50 years, in some cases, are their wells suddenly dry? At Tuesday’s Inyo Supervisors meeting, Water...
by News Staff | Aug 24, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wants to sink a well in the Rose Valley area of Southern Inyo and pump 1.5 cubic feet per second, or 1,100 acre feet per year, into the aqueduct. Inyo’s Water Department objects to the lack of environmental review...
