City Moves to Take over Failing Water Districts

City moves to take over failing water districts

The Bakersfield City Council is moving ahead with its consolidation of two failing water districts on the southwest edge of the city.

Water district says Kern agency can’t kill agreement to supply homes 200 miles away – SJV Water

A water district 200 miles north of Kern County is fighting back against a local agency’s threat to terminate an agreement that has supplied a 600-home development for the past 24 years. Residents of the development, called Diablo Grande just west of Patterson, approved a 200% increase to their water rates, agreeing to pay $600 a month, in order to make payments on what the Kern County Water Agency (KCWA) has said is a $13 million debt.  But tha…