As drought continues to be a concern across California and Kern County, there is a new proposal in the state senate that could spend up to $1.5 billion to buy back the water rights that allow farmers to take as much water as they need from the state's rivers and streams to grow their crops.
The treatment plant that serves 225,000 Sonoma County residents and 6,500 businesses sends most recycled water up to The Geysers geothermal power plants.
The California Coastal Commission today unanimously rejected the Poseidon desalination project in Huntington Beach, which was proposed in 1998 but now appears to be dead.
More than $5 billion in investments already committed to support drought response now and build water resilience for the future $22.5 million in additional