Recording-breaking snow runoff from the eastern Sierra Nevada threatens DWP operations at Owens Lake to control dust and water flow. Owens Lake is a 48-square-mile lake bed designated a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site of international importance.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada.
“We’re doing as much as we can, as quickly as possible,” said Paul Liu, of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. “Our crews are working 12-hour shifts.”
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