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MEETING NOTES: Funding for Cawelo Water District’s Poso Creek work moving forward

• 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: February 8, 2024 Agenda: CLICK HERE Major topic: Poso Creek repair funding David Ansolabehere,…
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MEETING NOTES: Cawelo Water District still hoping for federal reimbursement for work on Poso Creek flooding damage

• 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…
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MEETING NOTES: Flood repairs going slowly as Cawelo Water District waits on federal relief funds

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water
* “Meeting Notes” is a new feature focused on Kern County water districts, paid for by a grant from the James B. McClatchy Foundation. Please consider supporting SJV Water so we can continue this important coverage. Meeting: Cawelo Water District board of directors Date: Oct. 12, 2023 (note, the date on the agenda is a…
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Fresno hospital’s request for $1.23 million in flood relief funding for “X-Ray Rooms” remains unexplained

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
After this year’s historic storms and devastating floods, the federal government has been swamped with requests from agencies across the San Joaquin Valley seeking reimbursement for repair costs.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided SJV Water a data sheet that enumerates more than 460 such requests from six counties, including Fresno, Madera, Merced, Kern…
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Fresno County agencies seeking $40 million – and counting – in federal funds to fix last winter’s flood damage and prep for upcoming El Niño

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Agencies in Fresno County, from small cities to irrigation districts, are hoping money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives in time to help them fix damage from last winter’s battering storms as they scramble to  get ready for another looming wet winter. Fresno County was slammed hard by storms in January and March. While…
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Valley agencies in a race against winter and a fast-approaching state deadline to repair flood damage

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
All across Tulare County, the race is on to repair flood-damaged infrastructure before an anticipated El Niño winter and an even more looming expiration of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order that relaxed permitting for levee work and debris clean up. The work has lagged, though, as creeks and rivers are still flowing or the ground…
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State is working to contain bird disease in flooded Tulare Lake

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Avian botulism, a lethal disease for birds, has been found spreading throughout Tulare Lake. The disease is caused by bacteria that thrive in shallow, warm waters with decaying organic matter.  The bacteria that causes the disease is found naturally in wetland soil. But it doesn’t produce the toxin that causes the disease unless environmental conditions…
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