Owens Valley Committee

08/15/2026

COLORADO RIVER (INDIRECTLY) DRIES UP OWENS VALLEY by Jon Klusmire in Mountain Town News · News · Online Edition — 13 Aug, 2026 The Colorado River is dying, which could also ring the death knell of multiple dreamy scenarios centered on Los Angeles drastically reducing the amount of water it pumps...

05/26/2026

Never forget that LADWP considers our water as their “LOCAL” water.

“At the same time, water imported from the northern Sierra and the Colorado River provides the foundation of water supply reliability for Southern California,” said Shivaji Deshmukh, the MWD’s general manager.”

In a new plan, environmental groups call for a "water renaissance" in California, saying the state needs to invest much more in local water.

05/10/2026

https://sjvwater.org/water-a-big-question-for-proposed-ai-data-center-in-eastern-kern-desert/

Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted