Video: The “intertie” marks the end of the line for the Kern River but it still has an important role in the law of the river
This is the fourth video in our series explaining how the Kern River operates, who owns it and where its waters go. In this video, we look at the “intertie,” which marks the end of the river as it meets the California Aqueduct west of Bakersfield. This highly unassuming looking piece of infrastructure was built to regulate the occasionally massive floods that barrel out of the Sierra Nevada mountains. And while it hasn’t been used since 2006, the intertie features prominently in ongoing state hearings over whether there’s available water on the Kern River.