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Power Outage At Fish Springs Hatchery

Power Outage Causes Failure at Eastern Sierra Hatchery
May 27, 2025
BIG PINE – The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that a sustained power outage has led to the widespread loss of fish at the Fish Springs Trout Hatchery. The power outage, which was outside CDFW’s control, occurred in the afternoon of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in the Owens Valley, and lasted more than two hours. Fish Springs Trout Hatchery, powered by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, has backup diesel motors which can supply continued water pumping during power outage events. During the power outage on Tuesday, the backup diesel motors were non-operational due to a software issue. A contractor had been previously scheduled to come to the hatchery on Thursday, May 22 to diagnose the software issue, assess the motors, and help CDFW resolve the problem.

Serrano Water District Transfers Rights To Irvine Ranch Water District 12-20-2024

Source of news from CA.Gov website :

Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with Serrano Water District (SWD), for the purchase and sale of all of SWD's Irvine Lake property rights to IRWD, including all rights appurtenant to the property (water, mineral, and recreation rights and all associated infrastructure and related easements). The PSA also transfers to IRWD the Howiler Water Treatment Plant (HWTP) and SWD's rights in any untreated water conveyance facilities between Irvine Lake and the HWTP, including associated easements and rights ofwa.

The transfer of the properties and related rights from SWD to IR WD as contemplated in the PSA described above is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the actions will involve the continued use of existing facilities, with negligible or no expansion of use beyond that currently existing, as authorized under the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, Section 15301 (Class 1 "Existing Facilities"). Class 1 exempts from CEQA review any project for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or fonner use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. The PSA will transfer and assign to IRWD all of SWD's property rights in Irvine Lake (Santiago Creek Reservoir) land, water in storage, reservoir facilities, water rights, storage rights and recreation rights, and in the HWTP and its related facilities. IR WO will maintain the existing operations with negligible or no expansion of existing or former uses. In addition, pursuant to Section 15300.2(c) and 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, there are no unusual circumstances in respect to the proposed project for which staff would anticipate a significant effect on the environment.