So, a pile of water banked in Kern County is being used to support a massive urban development in Madera County.
Before you try and wrap your head around how that’s geographically possible, there’s the whole question of whether the banked water (and other water slated for the project) even can be used for that purpose.
Then let’s tack on whether it’s cool that public resources are being used throughout this deal to basically benefit private businesses.
I swear when I started this I just wondered how the water would “move” up to Madera.
Why can’t anything ever be simple?
Let’s start in Madera County.
