2015 City water project allocation released

Yesterday, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that the State Water Project (SWP) initial water allocation is 10 percent of contracted amounts.  This means fewer than 100,000 acre-feet of water would be delivered to Kern County water users from the SWP in 2015—compared to the contracted amount of about one million acre-feet.  The SWP provides water to more than 25 million residents and more than 750,000 acres of agricultural land throughout California.