Littlerock Dam sediment removal begins
In a project some three decades in the making, the first trucks carrying sediment removed from the reservoir behind Littlerock Dam moved out, on Wednesday. The Palmdale Water District has been working on the project to remove years of sediment that has built up, and restore water storage capacity to the reservoir. The reservoir collects rain and snow melt from the watershed in the San Gabriel Mountains and is one of three sources of water for the District. The others are groundwater pumped from wells and State Water Project water carried through the California Aqueduct.