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: 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...
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...
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’...
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...
AG ALERT: Water and high prices aid California potato farmers Ag Alert Agriculture September 27, 2023By Vicky Boyd, California Farm Bureau Federation After a four-year decline in potato production nationwide, this season’s crop appears poised...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Stay out, stay alive: a story of Kern County’s killer river Courthouse News Service Planning and management August 25, 2023By 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 Policy and regulation July 24, 2023Here’s what you need to know about wastewater from oil and gas drilling operations. By Liz Gross, Inside Climate News...
AG ALERT: Hearings pending on aquifer plans for six subbasins Ag Alert Groundwater News June 28, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...
SJV WATER: Water scarcity pits farmer against farmer in south San Joaquin Valley water district SJV Water Groundwater News June 23, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water California’s two prolonged droughts – along with greater surface and groundwater restrictions – are pitting...
SJV WATER: Price of water going up as the snowpack shrinks SJV Water Current ConditionsWater supply augmentation March 4, 2020By Lois Henry, SJV Water Another block of water has been offered for sale in Kern County at $950 per...
SJV WATER: Kern’s final groundwater plan approved SJV Water Groundwater News February 6, 2020By Lois Henry, SJV Water After months of fireworks over low-ball pumping numbers and concerns that some groundwater agencies wouldn’t...
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) Center for Biological Diversity Water rights and water law October 3, 2014Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: A California judge has struck down the environmental review of the Kern...
