Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power will do nothing for the good of the environment (read: end pillaging water resources to the north) unless its sued. It'll fight endlessly for the 2% of water it "exports" from the Mono Basin.

Sue LADWP.

Again and again.

If the state water board won't hold LADWP to account for the agreements DWP continually violates, sue the LADWP, and force it to comply.

#cawater
#keepsavingMonoLake

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mono-lake-water-levels-well-110000494.html

Mono Lake water levels are well below what's required. Now some want L.A. to tighten its tap

Decades after a landmark decision called for Los Angeles to limit its taking of water to raise the level of Mono Lake, California regulators are reexamining ...

Yahoo News

Cautiously optimistic, I'll believe this when LADWP permanently shuts down diversions from Lee Vining, Rush, Parker, and Walker Creeks, and plugs the tunnel under Mono Craters.

#KeepSavingMonoLake #cawx

https://www.monolake.org/today/dwp-commission-links-local-water-supply-expansion-to-mono-lake-protection/

DWP Commission links local water supply expansion to Mono Lake protection

The October 28 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) Board of Commissioners meeting was a watershed moment for the future of Los Angeles—and

Mono Lake

Although LADWP water diversions from the Mono Basin watershed only amount to 1 to 3% of LA's water "imports", DWP continues to refuse to decrease the amount of water it sends south.

Result - one of the most fragile and vulnerable ecosystems in the west continues to degrade.

#KeepSavingMonoLake #cawater

https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/01/los-angeles-water-mono-lake/

Another casualty of a bone-dry winter: LA won't take less water from Mono Lake

LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to conservationists who have been trying to restore the lake for decades.

CalMatters

"The National Weather Service gave us and our notable poconip a nod yesterday: “Lastly, we can’t leave out this winter’s freezing fog and pogonip champions of Lee Vining and Mono Lake which is again today mired in stratus, fog, and cold temps under a strong inversion. Lee Vining at 19 [degrees Fahrenheit] while 2000 ft higher nearby it’s 40 [degrees Fahrenheit].”

#MonoLake #KeepSavingMonoLake

https://www.monolake.org/today/notable-poconip-fog-at-mono-lake/

Notable poconip fog at Mono Lake

This winter has not only been notable for the incredible amounts of snow that have fallen, but also for the poconip fog. We've had more than 40 days of

Mono Lake
Lee Vining Livestream

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Mono Lake advocates ask L.A. to stop exporting its water

Environmentalists say Mono Lake water exports to Los Angeles are threatening one of the world's largest nesting gull populations.

Los Angeles Times
LA Times article highlights familiar DWP tactics

Today’s LA Times article describes the latest chapter in the drawn-out tussle between air quality regulators and the Los Angeles Department of Water &

Mono Lake