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Ormat Agrees to Official Negotiations with Mammoth Lakes Utility (Sierra Wave)

After months of accusations and fears of water contamination, officials from Mammoth Community Water District and Ormat Technologies have agreed to enter formal negotiations to reach a mutually acceptable monitoring and mitigation program while Ormat’s expansion project goes forward.

The bitter dispute between the two entities did not reach agreement over past months. The Water District filed suit against the Air Pollution Control District’s approval of Ormat’s EIR on the Casa Diablo IV Geothermal Project. In a brief press release issued Wednesday morning, the Water District said the two sides have agreed to enter into formal negotiations “seeking to resolve MCWD concerns regarding the company’s proposed geothermal expansion project.”

The Water District says the goal of the new negotiations is to develop a mutually acceptable monitoring and mitigation program that “will protect the community’s water supply during the Project’s operation.”

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