LADWP Working to Ensure Water Quality Safety after Pipe Repaired Updated at 9:00 p.m. LOS ANGELES (December 22, 2018)- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) crews have begun backfilling the hole created when a mainline ruptured on 55th Street between Main Street and Avalon Boulevard early Friday morning. Five of the eight properties […]
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LADWP Crews Work Overnight to Repair Damaged Pipe in South Los Angeles
Drinking Water, Portable Showers and Toilets Provided to Residents Without Water Service, while Displaced Residents are Housed at Area Hotel LOS ANGELES (December 22, 2018)- LADWP crews worked overnight and into this morning to repair the damaged 24-inch water main in South Los Angeles on 55th Street between Main Street and Avalon Blvd. Crews cut out the damaged section of […]
8:30 p.m. Update: South Los Angeles 55th Street Water Main Restoration Efforts
LOS ANGELES (December 21, 2018)- LADWP crews continue to work at the scene of this morning’s 24-inch water main break in South Los Angeles on 55th Street between Main Street and Avalon Blvd. and is coordinating with City agencies and the American Red Cross to assist those affected and displaced by the incident. Residents displaced by the water […]
55th Street Water Main Break Update:
LADWP Working with City Agencies to Provide Assistance to Displaced Residents LOS ANGELES (December 21, 2018)-LADWP is working with the Red Cross as well as fellow City agencies including the Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Fire Department and the Department of Building and Safety to ensure the needs of those […]
LADWP Crews Working to Repair South LA Water Main Break
LADWP’s Water System crews have shut down the leak resulting from a water main break in South LA at East 55th Street and Towne Avenue that occurred at approximately 5:00 a.m. The shut-down process for the 24-inch diameter pipe had to be done carefully so as to not damage other pipes in the area. Seventy-five customers […]
LADWP Enters into Settlement Agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation to Enhance and Expand Groundwater Cleanup in the San Fernando Valley
Agreement to Provide 1.5 Billion Gallons of Drinking Water Per Year LOS ANGELES (December 12, 2018) — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has reached an historic settlement agreement with the Lockheed Martin Corporation under which Lockheed Martin will expand its ongoing groundwater cleanup efforts in the North Hollywood and Burbank areas […]
