It was reported to the Arvin-Edison board that repairs to a 33-mile section of the Friant-Kern Canal is 90% complete.  The timeline board members were given for the project is that the canal is expected to be operational by the end of Jan. 2024, functioning by February, and to its full capacity by March or April. That section of the canal had sunk due to excessive groundwater pumping by area farmers. The sag runs from about Pixley in Tulare County to the Kern County line and had substantially reduced the Friant-Kern’s carrying capacity from about 2,750 cubic feet per second down to 1,400 cfs.