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MEETING NOTES: Cawelo Water District still hoping for federal reimbursement for work on Poso Creek flooding damage

January 8, 2024

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water

* “Meeting Notes” is a new feature focused on Kern County water districts, funded through a grant from the James B. McClatchy Foundation. Please consider supporting SJV Water to continue this important coverage. Meeting: Cawelo Water District board of directors Date: Dec. 12, 2023 Agenda: CLICK HERE Packet: Major topic: Poso Creek 2023 Flood Emergency…

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MEETING NOTES: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District still wrangling water from 2023 supply

January 8, 2024

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water

* “Meeting Notes” is a new feature focused on Kern County water districts, funded through a grant from the James B. McClatchy Foundation. Please consider supporting SJV Water to continue this important coverage. Meeting: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa board of directors Date: Dec. 13, 2023 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Major topic: Carryover and Recharge Activities…

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Repairs to Isabella Dam power plant completed; Kern River flows to ramp back up

January 7, 2024

• by Lois Henry

Repairs to a damaged tunnel inside the power plant at the base of Isabella Dam were completed Saturday, just seven days after the project began, according to an attorney for Water Audit California, a public interest group suing to keep water in the Kern River. Releases from the dam had been reduced to about 100…

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Delano water bottling plant prompts concerns over exporting native groundwater

January 3, 2024

• by Lois Henry

News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater agency with surprise and alarm. The plant is permitted to use 1.6 million gallons of groundwater per day, according to a will-serve letter issued by the city in August 2022. That works out to 1,788 acre feet per year, assuming…

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ROOTED IN THE VALLEY: The Hagopians escaped the Armenian Genocide to thrive in the San Joaquin Valley

January 1, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Richard Hagopian’s family was one of thousands that escaped the Armenian Genocide in the early 1900s and forged a new path in the fertile San Joaquin Valley. It wasn’t an easy life, especially after his father died, leaving Richard the man of the family while still in his teens. But hard work, a successful music…

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Isabella power plant operators have a plan to make repairs without drying up Kern River

December 29, 2023

• by Lois Henry

Engineers with Isabella Partners, which operates the power plant at the base of Isabella Dam, believe they’ve found a way to make repairs to the plant without drying up the lower Kern River for weeks on end. If successful, water levels will drop from where they are now, but the river won’t go totally dry….

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Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows

December 28, 2023

• by Lois Henry

Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows Wednesday that curbs the City of Bakersfield’s take and orders all rights holders to consult on how much water is needed for fish. On Nov. 14, Pulskamp had ordered 40% of the river’s flows be kept in the stream bed…

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After 50 years in Kings County water, Don Mills retires – mostly

December 22, 2023

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

When Don Mills graduated from Cal Poly in 1973, he moved back to the family farm in Kings County, intent on helping his father and uncle run the operation. But fate stepped in and Mills, a crop science major, was swept into the water business. Unbeknownst to him, the property he had purchased near Hanford…

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“Surprised and overjoyed” groundwater managers in Madera rejoice at state’s approval of their plan to stabilize the region’s aquifer

December 22, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The Madera subbasin’s groundwater plan was approved by the state on Thursday much to the surprise of water managers and others throughout the valley. It was an unexpected win for groundwater agencies in light of the state’s rejection of six other San Joaquin Valley plans, which has put those subbasins on a trajectory for possible…

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Historic fish flow ruling on the Kern River wasn’t intended to expand Bakersfield’s water rights, according to judge

December 21, 2023

• by Lois Henry

Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp made one thing clear during the latest hearing on the twists and turns of the Kern River’s flow: He did not intend to expand the City of Bakersfield’s water rights under his November ruling that mandated enough water must remain in the river channel for fish populations. That…

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MEETING NOTES: Cawelo Water District still hoping for federal reimbursement for work on Poso Creek flooding damage

MEETING NOTES: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District still wrangling water from 2023 supply

Repairs to Isabella Dam power plant completed; Kern River flows to ramp back up

Delano water bottling plant prompts concerns over exporting native groundwater

ROOTED IN THE VALLEY: The Hagopians escaped the Armenian Genocide to thrive in the San Joaquin Valley

Isabella power plant operators have a plan to make repairs without drying up Kern River

Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows

After 50 years in Kings County water, Don Mills retires – mostly

“Surprised and overjoyed” groundwater managers in Madera rejoice at state’s approval of their plan to stabilize the region’s aquifer

Historic fish flow ruling on the Kern River wasn’t intended to expand Bakersfield’s water rights, according to judge

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