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Kern pistachio farmer ordered to pay $30 million in back fees to high desert groundwater agency

June 18, 2024

• by Lois Henry

An Orange County court on Friday approved an injunction mandating that Mojave Pistachios LLC pay $30 million in back fees owed to the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority for pumping groundwater without an allocation in Kern County’s eastern desert. That $30 million is the accumulation of a $2,130-per-acre-foot fee for non-allocated pumping that was established…

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MEETING NOTES: Residents in Kern County desert groundwater basin need to represent their own water interests in ongoing court action

April 1, 2024

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water

Meeting: Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority board of directors Date: March 29, 2024 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Background: The basin depends on 7,650 acre feet of natural inflow each year but users pump out nearly 28,000 acre feet annually, creating a severe overdraft. As the Authority has worked to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater…

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Kern pistachio farmer ordered to pay $30 million in back fees to high desert groundwater agency

MEETING NOTES: Residents in Kern County desert groundwater basin need to represent their own water interests in ongoing court action

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