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Latest allegation in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle: Environmental laws were willfully ignored

February 27, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Last we left off, Kings County’s two biggest farming companies were at impasse over a pipeline with heavy equipment and work crews standing guard atop the Tulare Lake Canal to keep a trench from being cut through its banks. Attorneys for the Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by the giant J.G. Boswell Company, and Sandridge…

Groundwater • Personalities

Boswell bulldozers allowed to stay put, blocking Kings County pipeline project

February 11, 2022

• by Lois Henry

The water fight between Kings County’s two largest growers will continue with heavy equipment intended to block a pipeline project allowed to remain in place on the Tulare Lake Canal banks. The Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by JG Boswell Company, moved the equipment onto the canal banks in late January to block trenching for…

Drought

Busy Interstate 5 stop won’t go dry, but the water will be pricey

January 14, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The popular motorist pitstop town of Kettleman City has sealed a deal to keep from running out of water. Kings County officials finalized a deal with the Mojave Water Agency this week to purchase 235 acre feet of water for Kettleman City from the southern California water agency at a cost of $1,400 per acre…

Groundwater • Personalities

Large water pipeline in Kings County raising questions, concerns

December 22, 2021

• by Lois Henry

A large water pipeline being built near Lemoore in Kings County is raising eyebrows as much for its possible uses as for the name associated with its construction — John Vidovich. The large, black pipe could be seen earlier this month being tucked into the ground along 21st Avenue just south of Highway 198 and…

Drought

Where is the water going?

November 22, 2021

• by Lois Henry

This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. The project was made possible by a grant from the Water Foundation…

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Kings County groundwater plan raising questions

November 15, 2021

• by Lois Henry

It’s hard to imagine state officials giving the thumbs up to a groundwater sustainability plan that potentially allows Corcoran – California’s subsidence epicenter – to sink up to another 11 feet. Especially considering the tiny, rural town was forced to spend $14 million in 2017 to rebuild its levees following the 2012-16 drought when it…

Drought

UPDATE: Popular I-5 oasis has a line on water but will have to pay

November 11, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

Kettleman City needs $375,000 to keep from going dry, possibly as early as the end of next month. The popular pitstop along Interstate 5 in Kings County between Los Angeles and San Francisco needs 214 acre feet to supply residents and keep its raft of gas stations and fast food joints open. But in this…

Drought

State gives more water to popular I-5 pitstop, but locals say it won’t be enough

October 26, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

Christmas travelers driving Interstate 5 this year may need to hunt up a different stopping point as Kettleman City could be shut down for lack of water. The state Department of Water Resources (DWR) has said it will give the tiny community in western Kings County a few more acre feet of water — but…

Drought

Drought brings torrent of media attention to the Central Valley

June 17, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

The drought in California is making headlines every day across the country, and for good reason: Almost the entire state is in severe drought. And the whole San Joaquin Valley is experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst categories. As journalists set their sights on California, many news stories highlight impacts on farmers, particularly…

NEWS

Latest allegation in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle: Environmental laws were willfully ignored

Boswell bulldozers allowed to stay put, blocking Kings County pipeline project

Busy Interstate 5 stop won’t go dry, but the water will be pricey

Large water pipeline in Kings County raising questions, concerns

Where is the water going?

Kings County groundwater plan raising questions

UPDATE: Popular I-5 oasis has a line on water but will have to pay

State gives more water to popular I-5 pitstop, but locals say it won’t be enough

Drought brings torrent of media attention to the Central Valley

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