Litigation
Oct. 16, 2012
Los Angeles water department stirs up dust with lawsuit
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rekindled a long-running feud on Friday, suing a slew of state and federal agencies to fight claims it should spend hundreds of millions of dollars to control dust pollution in the Owens Valley.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rekindled a long-running feud on Friday, suing a slew of state and federal agencies to fight claims it should spend hundreds of millions of dollars to control dust pollution in the Owens Valley. The municipal utility has long drawn water from the far flung Owens River to supply Los Angeles residents, a controversial move that dried up the shallow Owens Lake bed. The utility has spent $1.5...
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