Semitropic Water Storage District Leads Kern County Plan
A large area of Kern County near Shafter Wasco and Buttonwillow teams with three proposed districts to ease drought and groundwater decline. Semitropic, the largest at 225 000 acres, has completed petition drives and awaits state led steps including studies hearings and landowner elections. Two districts plan to receive water from the Feather River project while the third plans to buy Central Valley Project water.
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Kern County water survey urged to assess present and future needs
Local groups led by the Kern County Water Commission and the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce call for an engineering survey of Kern County water needs both now and for the future. They note overdraft relief may come from the Feather River Project while proposing three storage districts Wheeler Ridge Maricopa Rosedale Rio Bravo to stabilize groundwater and control pumping costs.
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Valley Prosperity Tied to Agriculture and Water
The Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce released a fact sheet based on the Cotton Task Group report, arguing agriculture drives Kern County and state economies. It notes off-farm purchases total 16 billion dollars, farm outputs 30 billion, and a 75 billion dollar end-distribution. water shortages threaten this system and could erode 70 million of Kern’s 233 million farm income in coming years.
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