damage Archives - SJV Water

MEETING NOTES: Canal and well fencing repair costs adding up

July 16, 2024

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water

Meeting: North Kern Water Storage District board of directors. Date: July 16, 2024 Agenda and board packet: CLICK HERE General Manager Dave Hampton said fencing costs jumped from an average $2,300 a month to $10,457 in July as the district fenced off some of its groundwater wells and has had to repair damage to fencing…

Uncategorized

Springville residents irate over continued water outages, company blames residents

July 2, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

More than a year after floods caused water outages in the small town of Springville in the Tulare County foothills, residents are still struggling with water loss and contamination. Residents are furious with Del Oro Water Company, the private, for-profit company that serves the town, and blame it for the ongoing problems. But staff at…

Uncategorized

Planning and coordination kept Porterville dry during floods but the rest of the San Joaquin Valley remains fragmented

January 8, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

How did Porterville, where a then raging Tule River cuts through the town, stay dry while so many other San Joaquin Valley communities got flooded out last spring? Planning, coordination and permits. Sounds simple, but it took officials from the city, irrigation district, Tulare County and federal offices years to establish. It paid off as…

Uncategorized

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…

Uncategorized

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….

Uncategorized

Kern River flows to drop again after noise detected in Isabella Dam outlet tunnel

June 26, 2023

• by Lois Henry

Outflows from Lake Isabella into the Kern River will be cut to zero starting at 1 a.m. Tuesday so dam operators can check the source of “funny noises” coming from the outlet tunnel, according to Kern River Watermaster Mark Mulkay and an Army Corps of Engineers press release. “They’ve been hearing funny noises in the…

NEWS

MEETING NOTES: Canal and well fencing repair costs adding up

Springville residents irate over continued water outages, company blames residents

Planning and coordination kept Porterville dry during floods but the rest of the San Joaquin Valley remains fragmented

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

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

Kern River flows to drop again after noise detected in Isabella Dam outlet tunnel

Don't miss a drop of water news!