New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding
The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received another chunk of public funding just as the first section of the 1,300-acre project had a formal christening on Wednesday. Officials with Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, Irvine Ranch Water District and the Bureau of Reclamation gathered at the project site near Enos Lane west of Bakersfield to look over construction of the first part of Phase 1, which began in February. The Bureau announced earlier in the week that it had approved a $3.9 million grant for the project, which is in addition to $4.7 million awarded by the Bureau in 2023. That funding requires a 75% match from Rosedale-Rio Bravo and Irvine Ranch.
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