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The steady drumbeat of support to get more water flowing in the Kern River through Bakersfield continued Tuesday at the State Water Resources Control Board.
During the public comment portion of the meeting three speakers from Bakersfield and Kern Countyâs political realm urged board members to finally hear â and grant â a decade-old petition by the City of Bakersfield to appropriate water on the river to run through the heart of town.
âFor too long, the Kern River has been a barren, unutilized resource left to desolate conditions,â said Jeff Flores, chief of staff for District 3 Kern County Supervisor Mike Maggard. âA dry riverbed strewn with homeless camps and tumbleweeds serves no one well.â
Corrosion on GCSD clearwell
Groveland, CA – Groveland Community Services District (GCSD) has begun its long-awaited $3.4 million Clearwell Rehabilitation Project.
Both clearwells hold 2 million gallons of Hetch Hetchy water and provide for disinfection of the raw water used to serve the district’s customers. The most recent interior inspection of the tanks revealed severe internal corrosion. Customers were spared a hike in their monthly water bill as a state grant will pay for repairs to the Big Creek and Second Garrotte clearwells.
“The District worked hard to secure grant funding for this project to eliminate the need for water rate increases that would be used specifically to complete this necessary work,” stated General Manager, Pete Kampa. He added, “If we