City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power & Gas Company

at , Los Angeles , 90011 United States

<p>The <b>Los Angeles Department of Water and Power</b> is the largest municipal <a href="/pages/w/107865095903281">utility</a> in the United States, serving over four million residents. It was founded in 1902 to supply water to residents and businesses in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. In 1917, it started to deliver <a href="/pages/w/113131382034463">electricity</a>. It has been involved in a number of controversies and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%23Media_portrayals" class="wikipedia">media portrayals</a> over the years, including the 1928 <a href="/pages/w/140463719313479">St. Francis Dam</a> failure and the books <i>Water and Power</i> and <i><a href="/pages/w/107392039290727">Cadillac Desert</a></i>.</p><p>LADWP can currently deliver 7200 megawatts of electricity and, in each year, 200 billion US gallons of water.</p><h2>History</h2><h3>Private operators</h3><p>By the middle of the 19th century, Los Angeles's rapid <a href="/pages/w/108291972531763">population growth</a> magnified problems with the city’s <a href="/pages/w/110851678934969">water distribution system</a>. At that time a system of open <a href="/pages/w/109671115718927">ditch</a>es, often <a href="/pages/w/109426872410593">polluted</a>, was reasonably effective at supplying water to agriculture but was not suited to providing water to homes. In 1853, the city council rejected as "excessive" a <a href="/pages/w/108032495891203">closed-pipe</a> system that would serve homes directly. As a solution, the city allowed "water carriers with jugs and horse-drawn wagons…to serve the city’s domestic needs." It took until 1857 for the council to realize that the system needed to be updated, which led them to grant William G. Dryden franchise rights to provide homes with water through a system of underground water mains. The initial system served only a few homes using an unreliable network of wooden pipes. In December 1861, heavy rains destroyed the system and Dryden gave up his franchise. The city attempted contracting out water distribution rights to others, but none of the systems that resulted from these contracts was successful.</p>

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City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power & Gas Company

Los Angeles , CA 90011
United States
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