Groundwater Banking Where Is Kern County? Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture Conference

An Overview of Operations and Challenges Due to Surface Water Restrictions

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California’s Hydrology How is Water Moved in California?

Lake Shasta Lake Oroville Very Wet Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta  Rain does not Folsom Lake fall where

people live Friant-Kern Canal San Luis Reservoir Isabella Reservoir Madera Canal

Kern County Delta Mendota Canal Very Dry California Aqueduct

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Kern County Agriculture Irrigated Acreage

900000

800000

 About one -third of 700000 Kern’s area is on the valley floor, which is 600000

intensively cultivated. res

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400000

 There are over 800 ,000 irrigated acres on the valley floor, one- 300000 third of which were permanent crops, in process of expanding permanent and decreasing annual. 200000

100000

 Kern consistently ranks 3rd or 4th in the state in value of production. 0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2007

Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture Conference Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture Conference Top Ten Commodities – Kern County 2008 Kern County Water Sources

Annual Average (1970 -2007) Millions Percent AF/Year 1. Milk, Market & Manufacturing $ 602 Kern River 20% 760,000 2. Grapes, all $ 562 State Water Project 1 23% 840,000 3. Citrus, all $ 487 Federal (CVP) 11% 400,000 4. Almonds (including by-products) $ 387 Local Streams and other sources 9% 320,000 5. Ct(fh&Carrots (fresh & processi i)ng) $ 378 Groundwater 6. Hay, Alfalfa $ 283 Landowner/Districts (Basin) 37% 1,400,000 7. Cattle & Calves $ 221 In-County Banking 8. Pistachios $ 192 Conservation/Fallowing 9. Potatoes, all $93 TOTAL 100% 3,720,000 2

1 10. Silage & Forage $ 92 Maximum annual State Water Project allocation of Table A water is about 1,000,000 acre-feet (AF) 2Applied water

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Kern County Water Districts Water Supplies and Demands, SJV Portion of Kern

Delano-Earlimart Rag Gulch WD ID Southern Devils Den WD Lost Hills WD San 5000000 Joaquin Isabella Kern-Tulare WD MUD Reservoir Berrenda Mesa 4500000 WD Semitropic 46 WSD North 46 Kern 33 4000000 WSD Cawelo WD Shafter- Belridge WSD Wasco 3500000 ID 178

I55 Rosedale-Rio Bravo 3000000 Additions to WSD Olcese feet Groundwater BkBakersfi fildeld WD - Storage 58 Cross Valley Canal KCWA Improvement 2500000 58 District No. 4 Arvin-

Sources of Supply Acre Edison 2000000 Withdrawals

119 from 33 WSD KERN RIVER DISTRICTS Kern Delta Groundwater Storage 740,000 af Henry WD 1500000 West Kern Miller WD 99 I5 Tehachapi-Cummings WD 5 CWD CVP FRIANT-KERN DISTRICTS Wheeler Ridge- 184 1000000 387,000 af Maricopa WSD 166 500000

CVP CVC DISTRICTS I5 53,000 af 0

KCWA SWP MEMBER UNITS Tejon-Castac WD Lebec

1961 – 1,000,000 af CWD 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2005 – 700,000 af Local CVP SWP Net Water Requirements 4 0 48 2009 – 530,000 af

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Four Keys to Success with Groundwater Banking Kern County Groundwater Banking Programs

Delano-Earlimart ID City of Bakersfield 2,800 Acres Multiple Water Facility California Aqueduct Rag Gulch WD

Infrastructure Devils Den WD Lost Hills WD Berrenda Mesa Banking Supplies Southern Isabella San Kern-Tulare Reservoir Joaquin WD Pioneer Banking Berrenda Mesa WD Semitropic MUD

Semitropic WSD 5

WSD 43 Kern Water Bank 5 WSD NorthNorth 46

465 KernKern 335 WSD CaweloCawelo Semitropic/MWD/et al Banking  WDWD Shafter- Belridge WSD Wasco ID Arvin-Edison/MWD Banking ID4/KTRG Banking 55

435 Buena Vista Banking

Rosedale-Rio Bravo Bakersfield 5 KCWAKCWA 58 WSD ImprovemenImprovement Rosedale-Rio Bravo Banking

585 tDistrict District No. No. 4 Elk Hills 4 Kern Delta/MWD Banking ArvinArvin-

Edison 5

5 119 WSD

33 KernKern DeltaDelta WDWD - Cawelo/Dudley Ridge Banking Henry Miller 5 Ediso

West Kern WD North Kern Banking (proposed)

55 WD 9 5 n Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa (proposed) Kern County has WheelerWheeler Ridge- Ridge- 9 WSD MaricopaMaricopa WSDWSD 1

made major investments 1665 Soils, Geology, 8 Useable groundwater Good Water since the 1987-92 4 basins Local Management 5 Quality drought. and Support

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Berrenda Mesa / Kern County Water Agency Kern Fan Groundwater Banks Joint Groundwater Banking Project – Basin 1

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Groundwater Banking Development Challenges

 Large Operation  Dry years and regulatory actions have driven o From 1978-2007... groundwater levels down Total Recharge: 5,655,429 af Total Recovery: 2,628,840 af  DeeperDeeper wellswells aandnd moremore pupumpsmps Current Storage: 3,026,589 af = higher costs Kern Fan Banking Projects 2005

o Over 600 new we lls have  Groundwater Banking Investments been drilled in Kern County since 2007 o 1977-2005 capital investment > $300 million

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 Need a Delta solution Kern County Water Agency o Long-term solution 3200 Rio Mirada Drive o Groundwater banking is like a financial Bakersfield, CA 93308 institution, if there isn’t any money (surface water) a bank is useless. Phone: (661) 634-1400 To San Francisco Fax: (661) 634 -1428  Need short-term measures to help us

survive until we have a Delta solution Stockton [email protected]

Mailing Address:  Need to address concerns regarding local groundwater conditions Clifton Court Forebay P. O . B o x 5 8 California Aqueduct Bakersfield, CA 93302 -0058

The Delta

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