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A Tulare County groundwater agency on the hot seat for helping sink the Friant-Kern Canal holds private tours for state regulators

April 8, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

As the date of reckoning for excessive groundwater pumping in Tulare County grows closer, lobbying by water managers and growers has ramped up. The Friant Water Authority, desperate to protect its newly rebuilt – yet still sinking – Friant-Kern Canal, has beseeched the Water Resources Control Board to get involved. Specifically, it has asked board…

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High schoolers deepen their water knowledge at Sacramento conference

April 8, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Acronyms are so prevalent in the water industry that stringing several together can form an impressive-sounding sentence. That’s exactly what Hanford High School junior Morgan Carrroll did at an April 5 workshop in Sacramento called Water 101 put on by the Water Education Foundation. After winning a game of bingo no less. The bingo game…

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Allensworth residents feel abandoned by company that makes water out of thin air

March 13, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Allensworth is one of the testing grounds for a hydropanel that creates drinking water out of thin air. But two years into the program, community members say the hydropanel company has left them high and dry while many of the hydropanels have broken down. Allensworth has struggled with arsenic-laced groundwater for decades. In 2021, Source…

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All the farming gizmos, water info and fresh grilled steak a person could want coming to the gigantic World Ag Expo, Feb. 13-15

February 1, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

World Ag Expo, known for row after row of shiny, colorful new tractors, will also feature a heavy dose of water-related products and seminars. They’re easy to get to if you don’t mind parking amidst a sea of white trucks spread over 120 acres, or traversing more than 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space…

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Water continues to be a driving force in Kern ag land values – and not in a good way

January 24, 2024

• by Lois Henry

The latest report on agricultural land valuations in Kern County shows water security continues to be a driving force and the direction is mostly downward. Alliance Ag Services LLC, a brokerage and appraisal firm, has been tracking the value of farmland in Kern County by water source, or sources, for nearly two decades. For about…

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MEETING NOTES: Tulare County Water Commissioners take stock of 2023, set goals for 2024

January 9, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Meeting: Tulare County Water Commission Date: January 8, 2024 Agenda: CLICK HERE Board packet: CLICK HERE Main Topics: Results of 2023 Tulare County Water Commission Priorities, discussion to establish 2024 priorities. The Tulare County Water Commission is an advisory body to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. It examines a wide variety of water issues…

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MEETING NOTES: Cawelo Water District still hoping for federal reimbursement for work on Poso Creek flooding damage

January 8, 2024

• 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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Repairs to Isabella Dam power plant completed; Kern River flows to ramp back up

January 7, 2024

• by Lois Henry

Repairs to a damaged tunnel inside the power plant at the base of Isabella Dam were completed Saturday, just seven days after the project began, according to an attorney for Water Audit California, a public interest group suing to keep water in the Kern River. Releases from the dam had been reduced to about 100…

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ROOTED IN THE VALLEY: The Hagopians escaped the Armenian Genocide to thrive in the San Joaquin Valley

January 1, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Richard Hagopian’s family was one of thousands that escaped the Armenian Genocide in the early 1900s and forged a new path in the fertile San Joaquin Valley. It wasn’t an easy life, especially after his father died, leaving Richard the man of the family while still in his teens. But hard work, a successful music…

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After 50 years in Kings County water, Don Mills retires – mostly

December 22, 2023

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

When Don Mills graduated from Cal Poly in 1973, he moved back to the family farm in Kings County, intent on helping his father and uncle run the operation. But fate stepped in and Mills, a crop science major, was swept into the water business. Unbeknownst to him, the property he had purchased near Hanford…

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A Tulare County groundwater agency on the hot seat for helping sink the Friant-Kern Canal holds private tours for state regulators

High schoolers deepen their water knowledge at Sacramento conference

Allensworth residents feel abandoned by company that makes water out of thin air

All the farming gizmos, water info and fresh grilled steak a person could want coming to the gigantic World Ag Expo, Feb. 13-15

Water continues to be a driving force in Kern ag land values – and not in a good way

MEETING NOTES: Tulare County Water Commissioners take stock of 2023, set goals for 2024

MEETING NOTES: Cawelo Water District still hoping for federal reimbursement for work on Poso Creek flooding damage

Repairs to Isabella Dam power plant completed; Kern River flows to ramp back up

ROOTED IN THE VALLEY: The Hagopians escaped the Armenian Genocide to thrive in the San Joaquin Valley

After 50 years in Kings County water, Don Mills retires – mostly

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