DWP SAYS WATER BILLS MAY GO UP.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Coming on the heels of an 11 percent hike in water rates, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. officials on Tuesday warned customers that their bills could go even higher because of a new court ruling. Inyo County Superior Court Judge Lee E. Cooper on Monday ordered the DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection to complete a project by June 2007 in order to reduce groundwater pumping in the Owens Valley This article has multiple issues: * It needs to be expanded. * It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. from 90,000 acre-feet annually to 57,412 acre-feet. As a result, officials said, the DWP will have to purchase the lost water from the Metropolitan Water District, which charges about $235 an acre-foot. ``They might see a temporary increase in bills, depending on how much additional water we'll have to purchase,'' said DWP Director of Water Resources Thomas Erb. Cooper also ordered the city to pay a $5,000-a-day fine beginning Sept. 5 unless it obtains the proper permits and completes construction of a $15 million pumping station to divert California Aqueduct The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile (715 km)-long[1] aqueduct in the United States that carries water from Northern California to Southern California. water to restore fish and other wildlife habitat on a 60-mile stretch of the Lower Owens River Owens River A river, about 193 km (120 mi) long, of eastern California rising in the Sierra Nevada and flowing generally southward, formerly to Owens Lake, . The project is required under a 1997 lawsuit settlement that established that the DWP's groundwater pumping in Inyo County violated state law and caused substantial environmental damage to the Owens Valley. The judge's order is the latest chapter in more than three decades of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . The full story dates back to 1913, when the first aqueduct was built to transport water from Inyo County to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , turning the once-fertile Owens Valley into a dust bowl. The events were depicted in the 1974 movie ``Chinatown.'' ``We think this is great,'' said Donald B. Mooney, the attorney for the Owens Valley Committee, a citizens group that has advocated restoration of the river for nearly three decades. ``This is the type of incentive L.A. needs because in the 14 years I've been involved in this we've never seen L.A. meet a deadline or comply with a court order unless they felt there was a real threat to them.'' Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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