SJV WATER: From failed housing development to long-awaited groundwater bank, McAllister Ranch saga continues SJV Water News April 20, 2024 329By Lois Henry, SJV Water More than 13 years after buying half of the 2,100-acre McAllister Ranch – a poster...
SJV WATER: Funding could be biggest hurdle faced by the Delta tunnel as water users weigh costs versus benefits of the $16 billion project SJV Water News February 27, 2024 338By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently...
SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path SJV Water News February 14, 2024 218By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Fish in California’s Kern River remain protected following new ruling Courthouse News Service News February 7, 2024 296The Kern County judge’s decision dismissed two of the three claims opposed by water agencies, though the one that could...
SJV WATER: Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows SJV Water News December 29, 2023 121By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows...
SJV WATER: Judge orders Bakersfield to keep water in the Kern River SJV Water News October 31, 2023 163By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what one attorney called a “moment of truth” for the City of Bakersfield, a...
PRESS RELEASE: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Keep Water in the Kern River Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other October 30, 2023 654Press release from Water Audit California Today, the Kern County Superior Court granted Water Audit California’s and other joint plaintiffs’...
SJV WATER: Kern River legal wrangling raises questions about how – or whether – the river can serve the needs of people, fish and ag SJV Water News October 14, 2023 243By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp came back several times during an Oct. 13...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups seek change to water flows for California’s Kern River Courthouse News Service News October 13, 2023 116By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A Kern County judge heard arguments Friday in a case targeting water flows in...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Stay out, stay alive: a story of Kern County’s killer river Courthouse News Service News August 25, 2023 346By Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service Colorful awnings and tents lined the shores of the Kern River on a Saturday...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: What is produced water? Inside Climate News News July 24, 2023 77Here’s what you need to know about wastewater from oil and gas drilling operations. By Liz Gross, Inside Climate News...
THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Additional “Incomplete” Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessments to Agencies, Initiating 180-day Timeline to Correct Deficiencies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News January 28, 2022 826From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released eight determinations on groundwater sustainability...
US FWS: Revitalizing California’s floodplains benefits people and wildlife US Fish and Wildlife Service Agency News April 20, 2021By Meghan Snow, US Fish & Wildlife Service Throughout California’s history, rivers have been diverted, rerouted and contained by concrete....
This just in … Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank: California Officials Failed to Consider Environmental Impacts of Bank Operation (includes court documents) Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other October 3, 2014 559This just in from the Center for Biological Diversity: “A California judge has struck down the environmental review of the...