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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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Desert groundwater agency mulls how to get water from San Joaquin Valley

December 17, 2022

• by Rose Horowitch, SJV Water reporting intern

A high-desert groundwater agency in eastern Kern County that’s in the midst of buying water from Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley, recently considered alternatives for how to actually get that water up and over the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority, which covers the Ridgecrest area, got updates on…

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Desert groundwater plan OK’d by state

January 13, 2022

• by Lois Henry

The Indian Wells Valley groundwater plan got a thumbs up from the state on Thursday but with a swarm of lawsuits surrounding the plan, it’s unclear what that approval will mean going forward. One of those lawsuits seeks a “comprehensive adjudication” of water rights of the Indian Wells Valley basin, which could reconfigure who has…

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

Desert groundwater agency mulls how to get water from San Joaquin Valley

Desert groundwater plan OK’d by state

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