West Kern Water District Groundwater Banking Project

West Kern Water District Groundwater Banking Project

The West Kern Water District is proposing to implement a Groundwater Banking Project to aid in the management of West Kern's existing water supplies and develop new reliable water supplies to meet increasing water demands within the district. The Project involves the acquisition of approximately 500 acres of land on the Kern River Fan area and the construction of recharge basins, monitoring wells and water production wells. Pending completion of the analysis currently underway, the project may have a recover capacity of up to 24,000 acre-feet oer year from the underlying groundwater basin. Thr amount recovered would be limited to the amount of water previously banked for WKWD on the subject property, the south end of the Buena Vista Storage District (BVWSD), the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve, the Outlet Canal, and the Kern Water Bank (KWB), less up to 10% to account for losses (6% for rechargeand 4% for migration). Further, a conveyance pipeline would be constructed linking the new facilities with WKWD's existing Pump Station "A." The Project would occur in an unincorporated area of western Kern County on land currently used for agricultural purposes.

Kern

California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (Recharge basins, production/monitoring wells, pipelines)

Site Plan, water infrastructure

Air Quality