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In spite of the terms of the Long Term Water Agreement, studies by the Inyo County Water Department have shown that impacts to the valley's groundwater-dependent vegetation, such as alkali meadows, continue.

Likewise, Los Angeles did not rewater the lower Owens River by the June 2003 deadline.

As of December 17, 2003, LADWP settled a lawsuit brought by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the Owens Valley Committee, and the Sierra Club.

Under the terms of the settlement, deadlines for the Lower Owens River Project were revised.

LADWP was to return water to the lower Owens River by 2005.

This deadline was missed, but on December 6, 2006, a ceremony was held ( at the same site where William Mulholland had ceremonially opened the aqueduct and closed the flow through the Owens River ) to re-start the flow down the < span style =" white-space: nowrap "></ span > river.

David Nahai, president of the L. A. Water and Power Board, countered Mulholland's words from 1913 and said, " There it is ... take it back.