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New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding

April 3, 2024

• by Lois Henry

The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received another chunk of public funding just as the first section of the 1,300-acre project had a formal christening on Wednesday. Officials with Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, Irvine Ranch Water District and the Bureau of Reclamation gathered at the project…

Drinking Water

New administrator assigned to help with Teviston’s water woes

August 23, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The state has assigned an engineering company to take control of, and improve, the water system in the small Tulare County town of Teviston. Teviston, a rural community of about 460 people, has been hard hit by water problems for years. The town well broke down in the drought of 2021, leaving families without water…

Drinking Water • Groundwater

“Massive dollars” needed to clean tainted groundwater from Kern County’s banking projects

February 24, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Southern California’s reliance on Kern County’s prolific groundwater banks for drought insurance could be jeopardized by a chemical known as 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP). The cancer-causing agent has been found in several large groundwater banking operations in Kern and a first look at how much it may cost to clean up is a doozy. Up to $465…

Drinking Water • Groundwater

This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow?

December 14, 2021

• by Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report

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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New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding

New administrator assigned to help with Teviston’s water woes

“Massive dollars” needed to clean tainted groundwater from Kern County’s banking projects

This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow?

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