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Residents ask obscure but powerful water agency why it’s fighting against a flowing Kern River

September 26, 2024

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water

Residents intent on getting at least some water flowing in the Kern River through Bakersfield brought their concerns – and some pointed questions – to board members of the Kern County Water Agency on Thursday. “I don’t mean to be combative, but why is this board funding attorneys to keep water from going back into…

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City of Bakersfield pins blame for dry Kern River on ag districts, tells citizens to go ask them for water

September 11, 2024

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water

More than 20 people showed up at Bakersfield’s City Council meeting Wednesday night to vent their frustration with a suddenly dry Kern River and ask what more the city can do. The city’s response was hat they should go to the ag districts with river rights. After Council Member Andrae Gonzales led a choreographed Q&A…

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Mass fish die off in the suddenly dry Kern River prompts state investigation

September 6, 2024

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking into the mass fish die off in the Kern River after the City of Bakersfield cut flows on Tuesday in order to do weir maintenance. “CDFW takes all instances of fish mortality seriously and is investigating what has occurred on the Kern and how it may…

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Bakersfield sued over “dewatering” of Kern River

November 30, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Several public interest groups sued the City of Bakersfield Nov. 30 alleging the city has been derelict in its operation of the Kern River by diverting most of its flows to agriculture and other uses leaving a dry riverbed through the heart of town. “The river is dry, but not because of a lack of…

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Residents ask obscure but powerful water agency why it’s fighting against a flowing Kern River

City of Bakersfield pins blame for dry Kern River on ag districts, tells citizens to go ask them for water

Mass fish die off in the suddenly dry Kern River prompts state investigation

Bakersfield sued over “dewatering” of Kern River

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