Recent water testing of a popular California hot springs destination called Hot Ditch in Bishop (Inyo County) reportedly found that the same brain-eating amoeba that killed an 8-year-old boy in 2018 remained present in the water. The sampling was performed for attorneys representing a California family who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The agency owns and operates Hot Ditch, a series of man-made water ponds. The lawsuit also names Brown Supply Company, which operates a nearby resort called Keough’s Hot Springs under a leasing agreement with DWP.

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