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Owens River Restoration – Los Angeles Takes First Steps Towards Restoring Portions Of The Lower Owens River
By Daniel Kelly
On December 6, 2006, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opened a valve, letting water flow down a 62-mile stretch of the Owens River, previously left dry by nearly 100 years of water diversions to Los Angeles.
Background
The legal battle over the Owens River dates back to the early 1970's when the City of Los Angeles, through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), constructed a second aqueduct (the first was constructed in the early 1900's) to export water from the Owens Valley without complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public resources Code,
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