by News Staff | Dec 16, 2014 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Weather
By Deb Murphy While some Southern California weathermen optimistically look at current conditions as a glass half full, the truth is the glass isn’t even half full. Try less than 10 percent full. Inyo County Water Department Director Bob Harrington delivered the...
by News Staff | Apr 3, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The cut-off for determination of the water year for 2014-15 happened on April 1st. Though recent storms lifted the snowpack some, the overall picture looms well below normal. The Department of Water and Power’s measurements show the Mammoth Pass Snowpack at 18.3...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
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 Department of Water and Power snow team measured conditions and...
by News Staff | Feb 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The recent storms did give the Eastern Sierra snowpack a bump, but just a bump. On the Department of Water and Power website, the current precipitation charts show Mammoth Pass water content barely above the driest year on record, which is the snowpack of...
by News Staff | Apr 2, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The snowpack in California provides water for about one-third of the state’s people and farms. This year, that source has remained less than half of normal for this time of year. State reservoirs do still hold quite a bit of water which will help supplement that...