The water level at Mono Lake has fallen to a key threshold, prompting cuts in water exports by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Mono County wants the City of Los Angeles to cease water diversions around Mono Lake, saying low lake levels are causing harmful dust pollution.
Adam Perez, the DWP’s aqueduct manager, said the department is fulfilling its obligations under its license agreement and is committed to protecting the environment and the health of Mono Lake and its feeder streams. The city has infrastructure in place to use water from several streams — Lee Vining Creek, Walker Creek, Parker Creek and Rush Creek — but is currently diverting water from two of them, Rush and Lee Vining creeks, while not using the other two, Perez said.As dams and global warming push endangered California salmon to the brink, a rescue plan is taking shape — and a tribe pushes for recovering their sacred fish.
“The longer periods of dry have definitely impacted the ability for the lake to rise as forecasted back in the ‘90s, when they put these models together,” Perez said. And the department says updated models that include the effects of climate change suggest reaching that higher level could take years longer than had been projected.
The DWP says the reductions in water deliveries have left water in the Mono Basin to support its environmental projects.
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