The Water Association of Kern County was organized in 1955 to keep the public well informed on activities in the field of water problems and on the continuing need for water as the basis of full development of Kern County and California.

Since that time, the Association has carried forward a continuing program of public education-playing a major role in maintaining and expanding public awareness of water problems and the solutions proposed to solve them.

The mission of the Water Association of Kern County is to provide up-to-date and understandable information regarding all aspects of water, from its development, use, and availability. We all depend on water for health, recreation, power generation, and irrigation for our many agricultural crops. It is important to understand how we get water, manage it, bank it, and conserve it.

Water stakeholders weigh in on delta plans

By Ching Lee, Associate Editor
Ag Alert

Debate on how to fix the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and California's water supply problems will intensify this year as stakeholders from around the state weigh in on the best approach to protect the delta ecosystem while ensuring reliable water deliveries to the 25 million Californians and 7 million acres of irrigated farmland that depend on delta water.

To help guide the debate is a 70-page report released in December by the governor-appointed, seven-member panel known as the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force. This committee developed 12 recommendations and several near-term actions that are intended to serve as a framework for a more detailed plan due in October.

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