Water Department
by Chris Howard, GIS/LAN Coordinator
July 2005
Inyo County and LADWP disagreed on pumping for 2004-2005, unable to reach consensus. LADWP's Final Operations Plan, received June 21, 2004, reported planned maximum groundwater pumping of 92,000 acre-feet for April 1, 2004 March 31, 2005. Actual pumping for the period was 85,803. Table 1 shows planned and actual pumping for 2004-2005 by wellfield and summarized valley-wide. Although Owens Valley-wide actual groundwater pumping (85,803) was below planned pumping (92,000), three wellfield pumped more than planned: Bairs-Georges, Symmes-Sheperd, and Laws.
Table 1. LADWP Owens Valley planned and actual groundwater pumping in acre-feet for runoff year 2004-2005. (Source: LADWP)
| Wellfield | Planned Pumping | Actual Pumping |
| Lone Pine | 1,550 | 1,096 |
| Bairs-Georges | 970 | 1,071 |
| Symmes-Sheperd | 7,500 - 9,150 | 9,332 |
| Independence-Oak | 10,000 - 11,700 | 9,943 |
| Thibaut-Sawmill | 13,800 | 11,218 |
| Taboose-Aberdeen | 12,580 | 12,147 |
| Big Pine | 23,400 - 26,750 | 22,046 |
| Bishop | 12,000 | 11,748 |
| Laws | 6,850 | 7,202 |
| Total (Owens Valley-wide) | 92,000 | 85,803 |
Monthly actual pumping by wellfied is listed on the main LADWP Pumping page.