Inyo County
Water Department

The Owens Valley Monitor 2002-2003

2002-2003 LADWP Pumping

Inyo County and LADWP agreed to a maximum groundwater pumping limit of 86,000 acre-feet for April 1, 2002 – March 31, 2003. Actual pumping for the period was 82,281. Table 2 shows planned and actual pumping for 2002-2003 by wellfield. Figure 1 on page 4 shows the Owens Valley wellfields and LADWP pumping from 1971 to 2002.


Table 2. Owens Valley planned and actual groundwater pumping in acre-feet for runoff year 2002-2003. (Source: LADWP)

Wellfield

Planned

Actual

Lone Pine

1,400

1,364

Bairs-Georges

2,000

983

Symmes-Shepherd

1,300

1,138

Independence-Oak

12,050

10,557

Thibaut-Sawmill

13,500

14,001

Taboose-Aberdeen

12,450

12,881

Big Pine

27,000

26,318

Bishop

12,000

10,644

Laws

4,300

4,395

Total

86,000

82,281

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