Olive Pit Burning Cuts Fuel Use at Lindsay Olive Plant
The Lindsay Olive Growers plant began full time olive pit burning in January 1977, using about 25 percent of steam needs from pits. Pits surpass costly disposal, replacing gas and diesel, with over 5 000 tons yearly now sent to the boiler and financed as fuel, signaling a shift toward self sufficiency and broader energy availability.
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Lindsay Olive
California
Lindsay
Lindsay Olive Growers
Water Allocation by State Agencies Sets 320000 Acre Feet
State bodies approve 320000 acre feet from Metropolitan Water District in an exchange with increased Colorado River pumping. Requests totaled 843472 acre feet. Kern County Water Agency to receive 199766 acre feet. Allocations cover urban domestic, agricultural emergency, and State Water Project contractor categories.
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Department of Water Resources
Metropolitan Water District
California
Kern County Water Agency
State Department of Food and Agriculture
State Water Resources Control Board
California Water Commission
Colorado River
Kern County Uses 4.2 Million From Revenue Sharing
Kern County received 4,212,299 and spent 3,021,149 of General Revenue Sharing funds in the six months ended December 31, 1976 per an Actual Use Report by County Administrative Officer Norman A. McNamee. Expenditures covered Public Safety 1,879,668 Environmental Protection 87,388 Health 14,557 Recreation 159,417 Libraries 3, (typo) Social Service Facilities 80,000 and General Government 797,789. The report will be published as a legal notice February 25, 1977 and records are at the Kern County Civic Center. The funds are part of 39,785,957 received under the 1972 act with a 1976 amendment extending to 1979. Also an advertisement for a profitable jean shop is included.
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Kern County
Norman A. McNamee
U.S. Treasury
Bakersfield
Californian
Kern County Civic Center
Truxtun Avenue
McNamee
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