4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (239+ words) A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly built recharge basin in Fresno is scheduled for Thursday, June 18, at 9 a. m. The Fresno Irrigation District completed construction of the Carter Bybee Groundwater Recharge Basin, a 35-acre basin that will sink an average of 840 acre-feet…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (487+ words) A reshaped agreement for the Kern County Water Agency to provide water to a housing development 200 miles to the north erased $14 million in debt, giving residents water certainty into the future just days before KCWA had threatened to shut off…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (986+ words) The Kern County Water Agency will erase a $14 million debt and continue selling water at a lower rate to the Western Hills Water District as part of a deal struck just days before it said it would cut off the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (392+ words) Invasive golden mussels were found May 5 in the North Kern Water Storage District system, General Manager Dave Hampton reported at the district's May 19 meeting. Hampton said there was a large number and speculated the colony had been covered in silt…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (505+ words) Invasive and rapidly spreading golden mussels have not been found in the upper Kern River, Lake Isabella nor the lower river " so far. A group of local water entities hope to keep it that way through a public awareness campaign…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (204+ words) Who Owns the Kern River? Yokuts tribes lived along the Kern River for centuries. They were not included in its rights structure when settlers began dividing up its waters. But tribal members are still here and still very interested in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (583+ words) The public interest group, Bring Back the Kern, is launching a competition for residents to use artificial intelligence to generate images of a flowing Kern River through Bakersfield, where it is mostly dry, according to a press release from the…...