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KERN COUNTY ECONOMIC SUMMIT
THE FUTURE OF WATER AND
ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT
CURTIS CREEL Kern County Water Agency
Assistant General Manager
William
Mulholland
Los Angeles Department of Water
& Power
Los Angeles Aqueduct
1913
Los Angeles Aqueduct
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Hetch Hetchy System
1913 (Raker Act)
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hetch Hetchy System
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
Pardee Reservoir
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Mokelumne River Aqueduct
1929
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hetch Hetchy System
Mokelumne River Aqueduct
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
1928 - Inaugural MWD Board Meeting
Huntington Hotel
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California
Colorado River Aqueduct
1941
Hetch Hetchy System
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Colorado River Aqueduct
Mokelumne River Aqueduct
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
Shasta Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project
1940
First water delivered (Contra Costa Canal)
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hetch Hetchy System
Colorado River Aqueduct
CVP
Mokelumne River Aqueduct
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
Governor Pat Brown Harvey O. Banks
CA Department of Water Resources
State Water Project
1960 – Burns Porter Act
1973 – 1st water to So Cal
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hetch Hetchy System
Colorado River Aqueduct
SWP
CVP
Mokelumne River Aqueduct
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEMS
Kern River 710,630
20% Misc. Local Water Supplies
205,930 6%
CVP 433,800
12% SWP
890,990 26%
Groundwater 1,231,910
36%
10-Year Supply Average (2002-2011) in Acre-feet
KERN COUNTY SOURCES OF WATER
Kern County has
made major investments
since the 1987-92
drought.
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Delano-Earlimart ID Rag Gulch WD
Kern-Tulare
WD
Southern
San
Joaquin
MUD
North
Kern
WSD Cawelo
WD
Shafter-
Wasco ID
Rosedale-Rio Bravo
WSD KCWA
Improvemen
t District No.
4
Kern Delta WD
Wheeler Ridge-
Maricopa WSD
Henry Miller
WD West Kern
WD
Semitropic
WSD
Lost Hills WD
Berrenda Mesa WD
Devils Den WD
Belridge WSD
Isabella
Reservoir
California Aqueduct
Bakersfield
Semitropic
WSD
Semitropic
WSD
Arvin-
Edison
WSD Kern Delta WD
Cawelo
WD
North
Kern
WSD
Wheeler Ridge-
Maricopa WSD
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa (proposed)
City of Bakersfield 2,800 Acres
Berrenda Mesa Banking
Pioneer Banking
Kern Water Bank
Semitropic/MWD/et al Banking
Arvin-Edison/MWD Banking
Kern Delta/MWD Banking
Cawelo/Dudley Ridge Banking
North Kern Banking (proposed)
Elk Hills
Rosedale-Rio Bravo
WSD KCWA
Improvement
District No. 4
ID4/KTRG Banking
Buena Vista Banking
Rosedale-Rio Bravo Banking
Useable groundwater
basins
KERN COUNTY GROUNDWATER BANKING PROGRAMS
ROBERT J. KUNDE Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
Engineer-Manager
[1] – 10% SWP, KWB available
[2] – 20% SWP, Dry Year Transfer Program Supplies available
Note: Average District demand is approximately 185,000 af/yr
POSSIBLE 2015 WATER SUPPLY SCENARIOS
SUPPLIES 2014
ACTUAL 2015
[1] 2015
[2]
SWP 9,854 19,709 39,418
District Carryover 21,034 - -
Kern Water Bank 38,000 35,000 35,000
Pioneer Project 19,000 16,000 16,000
Berrenda Mesa Wells 3,000 - -
Olcese Wells 2,000 - -
District Wells 14,500 14,500 14,500
Friant Recirc 276 - -
North Kern - 2009 2,762 500 500
Butte 608 - 2,400
KCWA 81 - 320
Yuba C2 & 3 861 - 1,000
CV Communities 447 - -
North Kern - 2014 809 - -
Rio Bravo Well 305 - -
DYTP 8,820 - 8,820
Browns Valley 293 - -
Total 122,650 85,709 117,958
WRMWSD Allocation (ac-ft per alloc acre) 1.20 1.66
SWP FIRM YIELD
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
1,0
00
ac
re
fe
et
THE DELTA WATER
SUPPLY PROBLEM
D-1379
D-1485
Bay-Delta
Accord
’08: Wanger
Projected Firm Yield
Projected Demands
SWP Demand
Firm Yield
’72: Wild &
Scenic Rivers
’86: Racanelli Decision
’89: Winter Run Listed
’93: Delta Smelt Listed ’04: OCAP
OUR WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM
4 0 4 8
Delano-Earlimart
ID
Kern-Tulare WD
Olcese
WD
Tejon-Castac WD
Devils Den WD Isabella
Reservoir
Lebec
CWD
5
5
5
58
5
5
4
3
4
3
Sources of Supply
KCWA SWP MEMBER UNITS
CVP FRIANT-KERN DISTRICTS
CVP CVC DISTRICTS
KERN RIVER DISTRICTS
Rosedale-Rio Bravo
WSD
KCWA ID4
Tehachapi-Cummings
CWD Wheeler Ridge-
Maricopa WSD
West Kern
WD
Semitropic
WSD
Belridge
WSD
Bakersfield
Southern
San
Joaquin
MUD
Shafter-
Wasco
ID
North
Kern
WSD Cawelo
WD
Kern Delta
WD Henry
Miller WD
Lost Hills WD
Berrenda Mesa
WD
I5
Arvin-
Edison
WSD
Cross Valley Canal
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46
46
178
99
I5
166
I5
119
KERN COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS
ERIC AVERETT Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District
General Manager
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act:
• Requires “Sustainable” management of groundwater basins.
• Enhance local management consistent with rights to use or store
groundwater
• Establishes minimum standards for sustainable groundwater
management
• Provides local groundwater agencies with authority to implement
• Focused on local control with minimal state intervention
State Board Backstop
CURRENT GROUNDWATER CHALLENGES
CAUSE EFFECT
Reduction of Imported Water Supplies
&
Cumulative Change in Central Valley
Groundwater Storage Through 2002
ALL ROADS LEAD TO HIGHER COST WATER
JON PARKER Kern Water Bank Authority
General Manager
Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD
SemitropicWSD
Cawelo WD
North Kern WSD
KCWAID4
West Kern WD
Kern-TulareWD
Rag GulchWD
Arvin-EdisonWSD
Kern Delta WD
Buena Vista WSD
BMWSD
Pioneer
KWBCOB
BuenaVistaWSD
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD
Tejon-CastacWD
Westside MutualWater Company
BelridgeWSD
Lost Hills WD
Deleno-Earlimart
ID
Berrenda MesaWSD
Kern R
iver
Fri
an
t -
Kern
Can
al
California Aqueduct
Shafter-WascoID
SouthernSan Joaquin
MUD
Henry MillerWD
0 2.5 5
Miles
Kern County Water Districts
Legend
Major Water Conveyance
Arvin-Edison / MWD
Belridge
Berrenda Mesa
Buena Vista
Cawelo
City of Bakersfield - 2800 Acres
Delano-Earlimart
Henry Miller WD
ID4 / Kern-Tulare / Rag Gulch
Kern Delta / MWD
Kern Water Bank
KTWD RGWD
Lost Hills
North Kern
Pioneer Project
Rosedale-Rio Bravo
Semitropic / WMD / et al
Shafter - Wasco ID
Southern San Joaquin MUD
Tejon-Castac WD
West Kern
Westside Mutual
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa
KER
N
SA
N L
UIS
OB
ISP
O
KERN
KERN
VENTURA
SANTA BARBARA
TULAREKINGS
Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD
SemitropicWSD
Cawelo WD
North Kern WSD
KCWAID4
West Kern WD
Kern-TulareWD
Rag GulchWD
Arvin-EdisonWSD
Kern Delta WD
Buena Vista WSD
BMWSD
Pioneer
KWBCOB
BuenaVistaWSD
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD
Tejon-CastacWD
Westside MutualWater Company
BelridgeWSD
Lost Hills WD
Deleno-Earlimart
ID
Berrenda MesaWSD
Kern R
iver
Fri
an
t -
Kern
Can
al
California Aqueduct
0 2.5 5
Miles
Kern County GroundwaterBanking Program Participants
Legend
Major Water Conveyance
Westside Mutual
City of Bakersfield - 2800 Acres
Berrenda Mesa
Lost Hills
Belridge
Pioneer Project
Kern Water Bank
Semitropic / WMD / et al
Tejon-Castac WD
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa
Arvin-Edison / MWD
North Kern
Delano-Earlimart
ID4 / Kern-Tulare / Rag Gulch
KTWD RGWD
Buena Vista
Rosedale-Rio Bravo
Kern Delta / MWD
Cawelo
West Kern
KER
N
SA
N L
UIS
OB
ISP
O
KERN
KERN
VENTURA
SANTA BARBARA
TULAREKINGS
SemitropicWSD
KCWAID4KWB
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD
Tejon-CastacWD
Westside MutualWater Company
Dudley RidgeWD
Kern R
iver
Fri
an
t -
Ke
rn C
an
al
California Aqueduct
0 2.5 5
Miles
Kern Water BankParticipants
KER
N
SA
N L
UIS
OB
ISP
O
KERN
KERN
VENTURA
SANTA BARBARA
TULAREKINGS
• Annual recovery ranges from 240,000 AF to
150,000 AF
• 150,000 AF projected for 2015
• Economic impacts in 2015 if KWB didn’t exist
with a 25% SWP allocation:
KWB ECONOMIC BENEFITS
DANA S. MUNN Kern River Watermaster
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
General Manager
KERN RIVER WATERSHED
APRIL-JULY KERN RIVER RUNOFF
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
400%
END OF PRESENTATIONS
