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Help Us Stop the LADWP Water Grab!
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) is repeating its
historic Owens Valley Water Grab. Just in time for the 100th anniversary
of the LA Aqueduct opening and draining the Owens River. LADWP is suing the Mammoth Community Water
District (MCWD), attacking MCWD's long-standing water diversions
from Mammoth Creek for use in Mammoth homes and businesses.
LADWP recently filed two baseless lawsuits against MCWD. One lawsuit
challenges MCWD’s Final Environmental Impact Report concerning the
establishment of long-term fishery bypass flows for Mammoth Creek. The
other lawsuit challenges MCWD’s 2010 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP),
which identifies how the District will fulfill the community’s water
needs as its population grows in the future.
In each lawsuit, LADWP alleges that MCWD has no valid water rights
to divert water from Mammoth Creek – the community’s primary water
source. But, MCWD’s water rights are solidly founded in state law and
have been relied by upon by our community for more than 60 years.
LADWP’s unfounded lawsuits will cost ratepayers significantly and
will not result in more water for anyone.
LADWP will actually BENEFIT from the fishery bypass flow requirements
which it is challenging in one of its lawsuits. LADWP’s legal challenge
attempts to undermine an exhaustive, 20-year environmental study to
determine the stream flows necessary to sustain a healthy trout
population in Mammoth Creek.
We need your help telling Los Angeles city officials to stop this
LADWP water grab. Check out our
Fact Sheet
and
History of Mammoth Creek on this crucial issue, as well as our
Sample Letter, then call, email and write them. Also, be sure
to tell your Los Angeles friends and family members, and urge them
to contact city officials as well.
Ron Nichols
General Manager, LADWP
111 N. Hope St., Room 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: (213) 367-1338
Fax: (213) 367-1455
ron.nichols@ladwp.com
https://www.ladwp.com
Thomas S. Sayles
President, LADWP Board of Commissioners
111 N. Hope St., Room 1555-H, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 367-1356
https://www.ladwp.com
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
City of Los Angeles
200 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 978-0600
mayor@lacity.org
http://mayor.lacity.org
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