August 30, 2021 (LOS ANGELES) – A California Court of Appeal affirmed that the Inyo County Board of Supervisors violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in its attempt to seize City of Los Angeles land and water rights through eminent domain without conducting any environmental review. Historically, LADWP has leased land to Inyo County […]
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LADWP Urges Customers to Redouble Water-Saving Efforts, As MWD Elevates Its Water Supply Condition to Alert Status
LOS ANGELES (August 18, 2021) – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) joins with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) and all of its member agencies in heightening public awareness of the worsening water shortage affecting the state of California and calling on our customers to redouble their efforts to […]
Five Inyo County High School Students Awarded $2,000 Scholarships
July, 2021 (INYO COUNTY, CA)– This year’s winners of the LADWP and Inyo County Office of Education Scholarship program have been announced. They are: Wyatt Reedy (Bishop Union HS) Braeden Gillem (Bishop Union HS) Garrett Wilkinson (Lone Pine HS) Miguel Santana (Palisade Glacier HS) Delaney Perpall (Owens Valley HS) For the second consecutive year, LADWP […]
LADWP Partners with the U.S. Forest Service to Clean Up Grant Lake Reservoir
June 4, 2021 (Mono County, CA) – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) proudly partnered with the United States Forest Service (USFS) to clean up National Forest System lands at Grant Lake Reservoir in Mono County. The clean-up effort, which also included installing signage to ensure current fire restrictions and sustainable recreation practices […]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Continues its Commitment to the Preservation and Restoration of the Owens Valley
LADWP Adapts Operations to Meet 2020’s Low Runoff and Statewide Dry Conditions Los Angeles, CA (May 27, 2021) – LADWP is adapting annual operations to meet the low runoff in the Owens Valley, forecasted at a mere 55% of normal. As a result, groundwater pumping will only be 34-41% of what is allocated under the […]
