SJV WATER: North Kern Water District discusses nitrate compliance options SJV Water Groundwater News January 24, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was...
SJV WATER: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa board members question best approach for new groundwater plans required by the state SJV Water Groundwater News January 16, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The 22 separate entities in the Kern subbasin are working on a groundwater sustainability plan...
SJV WATER: Delano water bottling plant prompts concerns over exporting native groundwater SJV Water Groundwater News January 3, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater...
SJV WATER: Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows SJV Water Water rights and water law December 29, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows...
SJV WATER: Fish don’t care about Kern River rights kerfuffle – just the flows SJV Water Water rights and water law December 14, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Public interest groups that succeeded in getting a court order mandating 40% of the Kern...
SJV WATER: Kern’s key groundwater agency fades to the background as water districts continue to grapple with overpumping SJV Water Groundwater News December 12, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water What had been the single largest groundwater agency in Kern County – the Kern Groundwater...
LOIS HENRY: Kern River battles continue as ag districts accuse Bakersfield of pulling off an historic “water heist” SJV Water Water rights and water law November 22, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water If anyone thought a recent court order mandating 40% of the Kern River’s flow remain...
SJV WATER: North Kern Water Storage District board members hope a new groundwater plan will be reviewed by state regulators SJV Water Groundwater News November 22, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water North Kern Water Storage District is part of the North Central Kern (NCK) Groundwater Sustainability...
SJV WATER: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District directors frustrated by state’s “miscalculation” of carry over water SJV Water Water project operations November 16, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Districts that contract for State Water Project water are only allowed to hold a certain...
SJV WATER: Fish to receive 40% of Kern River flow under judge’s order SJV Water Water rights and water law November 15, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water A judge’s order signed Tuesday ensures there will be at least some water flowing in...
SJV WATER: Judge orders Bakersfield to keep water in the Kern River SJV Water Water rights and water law October 31, 2023By 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 Water rights and water law October 30, 2023Press 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 Water rights and water law October 14, 2023By 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 Water rights and water law October 13, 2023By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A Kern County judge heard arguments Friday in a case targeting water flows in...
SJV WATER: Court to consider cutting water diversions out of Kern River SJV Water Water rights and water law October 3, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water A preliminary injunction that could cut water being taken out of the Kern River if...
