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As a result, the city, and the surrounding agricultural water districts requested a court decree establishing water rights to the Kern River, and establishing groundwater rights within the city. The city also condemned the first 77,000 acre-feet (95,000,000 m 3 ) of Kern River water and wanted payment for damages to any party that violated it.
The river water had a different mineral mixture and flow pattern from the aquifer water, stirring up and dislodging rust and biofilm [11] in municipal water mains and house pipes. [12] By the end of 1993, the city of Tucson paid about $145,000 to install filters in 925 homes, lost about $200,000 in revenues by adjusting water bills, and paid ...
Nov. 29—Bakersfield's two largest water providers will soon implement new restrictions to head off the potentially dire impacts of an extended drought. On Dec. 14, the city of Bakersfield and ...
It would become the largest project in Bakersfield's history (by capital dollars) at $234 million. An additional $3 million were spent on installation of solar panels to offset future energy cost. Some of the treated water from the plant will be used to irrigate the adjacent 170-acre (0.69 km 2) Bakersfield Sports Village. [2]
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The river then flows through a winding valley in the Sierra foothills [22] before entering the San Joaquin Valley at Bakersfield, the largest city on the river. [23] In Bakersfield proper, most of the river's flow is diverted into various canals for agricultural use in the southern San Joaquin Valley, and provide municipal water supplies to the ...
An appointed city manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city. Tucson is the only city in Arizona that holds officially partisan elections for city offices, with candidates nominated through party primaries. [154] Both the council members and the mayor serve four-year terms; none face term limits.
That's far less than $42 million, or the 56% increase, requested by Animal Services. City Council members are now reviewing Bass' spending plan. Gross, in an interview Monday, said he told ...