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The Owens Valley Monitor is the Inyo County Water Department's (ICWD) annual report on monitoring and other work performed by ICWD and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). In accordance with the Inyo/Los Angeles water agreement, ICWD and LADWP monitor water activities in the valley and their effects on groundwater levels and vegetation. The two agencies also conduct scientific research on methods of improving water management.

View the Owens Valley Monitor by clicking on a subject in the table of contents, below, or download a pdf of the entire Monitor available here (2.8MB).

This annual report was produced by the Inyo County Water Department in Bishop, California, July 2006

Table of Contents

• Groundwater Conditions
• Precipitation
• Wellfield Pumping
• Groundwater Pumping
• Vegetation Conversion from Meadow to Scrub
• 2005 Vegetation Conditions
• Saltcedar Control Update
• Soil Water Conditions
• Mitigation Measure Problems
• Status of Mitigation Measures