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Inyo County Board of Supervisors hears Great Basin’s side of the Owens Lake saga

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 22, 2008 at 6:25 am

From the Inyo Register:

Top county officials dove into the details of dust mitigation at Owens Lake this week in response to concerns by local citizens, elected officials and business owners that water is possibly being over-used to control air pollution at the site.

A presentation to the Inyo County Board of Supervisors was scheduled for Tuesday at the request of the local Agriculture Resources Control Board to provide leaders with facts and figures related to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s dust mitigation project. Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District Officer Ted Schade delivered the presentation.

Specific concerns about the project’s use of ponds to keep the dry lake bed wet enough to control dust had been brought to the forefront by Inyo County Agricultural Commissioner George Milovich at the urging of the Agriculture Resource Advisory Board, which recently toured the Owens Lake as part of its interest in ensuring more water than necessary is not diverted from agricultural purposes.

Schade told the supervisors that it is not the responsibility of his agency to tell LADWP how to fix the problem, but to tell them where to mitigate and what measures work effectively. Schade added that since LADWP is in the water business, it has preferred to use water for much of the mitigation project, and it is also the most cost effective for LADWP, compared to managed vegetation or blanketing problem areas with gravel.

This article gives lots of interesting details on the Owens Lake dust mitigation project. Check it out from the Inyo Register by clicking here.

November 22, 2008 · Filed Under LA DWP, Owens Valley & Mono Lake