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- April 19, 2024
• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District Date: April 10, 2024 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Main topic: Concern over proposed new well permitting regulations Steve Torigiani, the district’s attorney, said Assembly Bill 2079, which would add new requirements to agricultural well permitting, could pose problems for the district. Torigiani expressed three main issues with the bill. …
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- April 19, 2024
• by Lois Henry
More than 13 years after buying half of the 2,100-acre McAllister Ranch – a poster child of the 2007 housing crash – out of foreclosure for use as a groundwater bank, Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District agreed earlier this month to sell its remaining share to Buena Vista Water Storage District. Buena Vista will buy…
- April 16, 2024
• by Lisa McEwen and Jesse Vad, SJV Water
The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to put the Tulare Lake subbasin on probation during a precedent-setting meeting in Sacramento that stretched over nine hours. “This is a turning point. We are coming to terms with the reality of what this means especially in these areas that are so severely overdrafted,”…
- April 16, 2024
• by SJV Water
Frustrated with the amount of water dribbling down the western reach of the Kern River, plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit over the river filed a motion Tuesday asking the judge in the case to intervene. The motion says the City of Bakersfield has not maintained flows required to keep fish in good condition, particularly in…
- April 12, 2024
• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Residents in the small town of East Orosi woke up Sunday to backed-up toilets and yards flooded with wastewater. One of the community’s wastewater pumps stopped working, causing sewage backups for two days until workers were able to fix the pump late Monday night. “It’s really bad. Somebody needs to do something about it,” said…
- April 12, 2024
• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
Four members of the State Water Resources Control Board got an earful on the future of the Tule Subbasin during a public hearing held in Porterville on April 8. A draft staff report released in March recommends probation for the subbasin for failing to get a handle on groundwater overdraft. Probation is the first step…
- April 11, 2024
• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
There was no shortage of interest in the $90 million in state funding made available through the new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, according to the first report released this month on the effort to transition irrigated farmland in overdrafted groundwater basins to less water-intensive uses. The program was created through a 2021 bill authored by…
- April 8, 2024
• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
As the date of reckoning for excessive groundwater pumping in Tulare County grows closer, lobbying by water managers and growers has ramped up. The Friant Water Authority, desperate to protect its newly rebuilt – yet still sinking – Friant-Kern Canal, has beseeched the Water Resources Control Board to get involved. Specifically, it has asked board…
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