Water utilities in Altadena and Pacific Palisades are undertaking an arduous process of repressurizing their underground pipelines, testing for contaminants and attempting to flush them out.

"LADWP built the Pacific Palisades water system beyond the requirements to support the community’s typical needs," LADWP wrote in a statement. "As we face the impacts of climate change and build ...

Three weeks ago, the wildfires started contaminating local water systems with toxins ... In the meantime, LADWP has established bottled water distribution points at the following locations: Veteran's ...

What We Know "The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and State Water Resources ... due to low water pressure in the water distribution system stemming from high water usage to respond ...

Additionally, in a statement from last week, SoCal Edison said that the distribution lines immediately ... In defending the water system, LADWP cited "unprecedented and extreme water demand ...

One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and perhaps unpopular, regulations.” ...

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 ...

Palisades Fire victims are suing the LADWP over water shortage issues, alleging the city and its agency was unprepared. Why was 117-million-gallon capacity reservoir not used during Palisades ...

Pratt, Montag and the other plaintiffs accuse LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure." ...

“We pushed the system to the extreme,” LADWP CEO Janisse Quiñones said in a news conference. “Four times the normal demand was seen for 15 hours straight, which lowered our water pressure.

Pacific Palisades residents were notified on Wednesday to boil their water for the next 48 hours ... KTLA reports on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. The largest system in a series of storms moving ...

what's being done to monitor water conditions, what the orders mean and more. ABC7 Eyewitness News talked to LADWP Director of Water Quality Jonathan Leung to answer your questions and more.