Lois Henry
SJV WaterLois Henry is the CEO/Editor of SJV Water.
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Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp let the battalion of attorneys in court know he was inclined to drop at least one cause of action in the ongoing lawsuit. -
News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater agency with surprise and alarm. -
Kevin McCarthy’s chaotic exit from Congress on top of the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein has left California’s water world – and particularly the San Joaquin Valley – in somewhat of a representational void at the federal level. -
In what one attorney called a “moment of truth” for the City of Bakersfield, a judge ordered the city to keep enough water in the normally dry Kern River to protect fish populations. -
Landowners and residents who live in front of the Auxiliary Dam at Lake Isabella are being swamped by “seepage” coming through the earthen dam that is ruining septic systems, causing sinkholes, clogging the area with weeds and breeding swarms of mosquitoes. -
Subsidence – caused by too much groundwater pumping – is causing a recurring, multimillion dollar headache for local flood officials. -
A new bulletin from the Department of Water Resources estimates how much water is expected downstream as the snow melts. -
While DWR Director Karla Nemeth and her team are hearing from counties about needed resources, they are also assessing the state’s authority to intervene, if needed. -
Flooding hot spots – and some new ones thanks to subsidence – could be swamped. -
The information gleaned from the aerial surveys will give water managers a much clearer picture of what to expect when spring runoff begins.
