SPECIAL FEATURES OF MEMBER AGENCY

Los Angeles joined Metropolitan as one of its original city members.  The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is responsible for supplying the city with water and electricity. 

Los Angeles’ primary source of water comes from the Owens Valley and Mono Basin areas of the eastern Sierra Nevada through a gravity-flow Los Angeles Aqueduct system (LAA) extending some 338 miles.  The LAA system generates electricity at several locations, which conserves about 2 million barrels of expensive fuel oil that would otherwise be required each year.  Due to environmental commitments in the Mono Basin and Owens Valley, Los Angeles will receive less water from its LAA system.  A highly successful water conservation program has kept water demands at 25-year levels despite an increase in population of nearly 1 million people in the City of Los Angeles.  LADWP’s commitment and investment in water use efficiency is an important component of providing a sustainable water supply for Los Angeles.