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MEETING NOTES: Kern water managers concerned about new well permitting bill; “produced” water report and a new water/solar agreement

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District Date: April 10, 2024 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Main topic: Concern over proposed new well permitting regulations Steve Torigiani, the district’s attorney, said Assembly Bill 2079, which would add new requirements to agricultural well permitting, could pose problems for the district. Torigiani expressed three main issues with the bill. …
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MEETING NOTES: Residents in Kern County desert groundwater basin need to represent their own water interests in ongoing court action

• 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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Funding could be biggest hurdle faced by the delta tunnel as water users weigh costs versus benefits of the $16 billion project

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently approved environmental impact report.  Who’s going to pay the estimated $16 billion price tag? The concept, a tunnel to take Sacramento River water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to thirsty towns and farms further south, relies on the end users…
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MEETING NOTES: Bakersfield accrued the most Kern River water last year since buying its river rights in 1976

• 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: City of Bakersfield Water board of directors Date: February 21, 2024. Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Operations Report: City of Bakersfield…
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MEETING NOTES: Desert groundwater authority wins appeal on pumping fees; and South Kern water district declares official shortage

• 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: Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority board of directors Date: Feb. 14, 2024 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Major topics: Court rules…
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MEETING NOTES: Rosedale-Rio Bravo board members air tensions with Kern County Water Agency

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water
* “Kern 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: Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District board of directors Meeting Date: January 9, 2023 Agenda and Board packet: CLICK HERE Major…
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MEETING NOTES: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District still wrangling water from 2023 supply

• 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: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa board of directors Date: Dec. 13, 2023 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Major topic: Carryover and Recharge Activities…
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MEETING NOTES: Rosedale-Rio Bravo seeing groundwater levels come up – mostly

• by Sonia Lemus, freelance for SJV Water
* “Kern 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: Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District board of directors Date: Dec. 12, 2023 Agenda and Board packet: CLICK HERE Major topic:…
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