DWP

abbreviation

1. Department for Work and Pensions

Example Sentences

DWP now faces lawsuits filed by hundreds of homeowners, who argue the utility failed to prepare for and respond to the fire.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

In a written statement earlier this year, DWP said the water system in the Pacific Palisades “met and continues to meet all fire codes for urban development and housing and was built to exceed those standards.”

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Researchers at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, working with DWP, held a workshop in June with more than 100 engineers, public officials and scientists to discuss ways of improving water and power infrastructure.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

DWP has said its crews and water system were prepared for emergency situations, but that “no urban water system is designed to combat a massive, wind-driven wildfire of the speed and scale” of the Palisades fire.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

But the DWP now projects that it has more work coaches than it needs, having estimated a shortfall of thousands earlier in the year.

Read more on BBC