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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1958
Page
16
Allen Bottorff of Kern County Farm Bureau told legislators that agriculture drives California’s economy and demands rapid irrigation projects. He urged fair cost allocations, timing payments with water deliveries, and warned against funding the plan via local farm taxes while stressing the need for full water access to sustain production.
San Joaquin leaders push a Kern Concept that would allow State construction of the San Luis dam and reservoir with federal involvement for major works of the San Luis Unit. The plan envisions reciprocal storage use, shared facilities, and a total project cost near 350 million dollars, with State control of the dam and mainlines. Study group members from Kings River, Chowchilla, Merced, and Tulare districts endorsed the concept for further review by the State Chamber Water Resources Committee.
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