A full day of Kern groundwater plan meetings set for Oct. 3
Kern County water managers will hold a full day of public meetings around the county on Thursday to explain and answer questions about the revamped Kern subbasin groundwater plan. The document lays out Kern’s groundwater situation now and how water managers plan to improve water tables and keep them stable into the future. … Kern and most of the rest of the San Joaquin Valley are mandated to replenish withering aquifers that have been severely over drafted by years of excessive groundwater pumping. Over pumping has contributed to subsidence, land sinking, water quality problems and even entire communities losing water as their wells have dried up.