05-23-2023, 08:38 AM
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LETTING WATER FLOW INTO THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT Over the past weekend, gates were opened at the Kern River Intertie, a connection at the terminus of the Kern River in western Kern County that allows excess water to flow into the the California Aqueduct to be carried south and out of the San Joaquin Valley, said Daniel Wisheropp, a scientist with the state Department of Water Resources. “We started up the operation of the intertie, opened up the gates and started taking Kern River water into the aqueduct this past Saturday,” Wisheropp said. It’s the first time in 17 years that the intertie has been opened. Since the intertie was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1977, it had only been used in nine prior years.
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LETTING WATER FLOW INTO THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT Over the past weekend, gates were opened at the Kern River Intertie, a connection at the terminus of the Kern River in western Kern County that allows excess water to flow into the the California Aqueduct to be carried south and out of the San Joaquin Valley, said Daniel Wisheropp, a scientist with the state Department of Water Resources. “We started up the operation of the intertie, opened up the gates and started taking Kern River water into the aqueduct this past Saturday,” Wisheropp said. It’s the first time in 17 years that the intertie has been opened. Since the intertie was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1977, it had only been used in nine prior years.
Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/wat...rylink=cpy