Discussions among Kern County agricultural water districts on whether to continue funding the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) are ramping up.  … Kern ag district participation is key to helping pay for the $20 billion project, as the districts, collectively, make up the second largest contractor on the State Water Project, at nearly 1 million acre feet per year. The contract is held by the Kern County Water Agency on behalf of 13 local ag districts. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the SWP’s largest contractor. MWD recently agreed to pay its share of $141 million of $300 million the Department of Water Resources needs to begin the planning and preconstruction phase of the project. The state is waiting to hear whether Kern districts will pay their $33 million share.