"LADWP made the conscious decision not to timely ... This impacted our ability to refill the three water tanks supplying the Palisades causing the loss of suction pressure. This impacted 20 ...
LADWP CEO Janisse Quinones last week said the demand to fight water at lower elevations was impeding the ability of the city to refill water tanks at higher elevations. LADWP said it had filled ...
At a news conference the following day, LADWP CEO Janisse Quinones said by 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, the city utility’s three main million-gallon water storage tanks in the Palisades area ...
In early January 2025, just a week after New Year, furious 80 mph Santa Ana winds swept through SoCal. The winds are natural, ...
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to hire an independent engineer to assess whether an empty reservoir contributed to the failure of its water system during the Palisades Fire, when ...
LADWP has attributed the water shortages to unprecedented demand during the fire, which drained three local 1-million-gallon storage tanks and caused pressure issues in elevated areas. The utility ...
"As soon as LADWP identified the risk of losing water in the tanks and water pressure in the system, we immediately deployed potable water tankers to sustain support for firefighting efforts." ...