Invocation – Kathy Abernathy
Flag Salute – Joe Hay
Song – Jim Baldwin
Greeter – Ken
Roving Mic – Rap Group formally known as “THE 2 Mikes”; Willis and Lightfoot – they didn’t really Rove since Ken Stole the mic for himself
Guests-
Jim Baldwin – Brenda Baldwin
Win Eaton – Christiana Osorio-Casebat
Ken Kelly – Jennie Stewart
Tammy Johnson – Art Chianello
Bad News Announcements
(since there were no good ones)
Ken Beurmann was president for the day. Which means we had to see Lil’ Kenny and be subjected to Ginger facts.
Ken explained the 4 stages of postpartum presidential depression.
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Joe Gregory turned Rotarian Whistle Blower called out Nik Boone on a recent Social Media post:
Speaking of Joe and Nik, has anyone noticed they are morphing into each other?
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The ORIGINAL Wild Ginger.
National Forest Fact of the day
There is apparently a Wild Ginger Flower. Most of the Rotary club felt this was false since it was being presented by a ginger however President Leland did fact check the flower.
Asarum canadense, commonly called wild ginger, is a Missouri native spring wildflower which occurs in rich woods and wooded slopes throughout the State.
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Program
Water and SGMA and Kern Water Authority
The program featured a panel of speakers from the Kern Groundwater Authority:
- Jeevan Muhar - General Manager Arvin-Edison Water Storage District
- Sheridan Nicholas – General Manager Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
- John Moore – President Kern County Farm Bureau
- Patty Poire – Executive Director, Kern Groundwater Authority
The panel discussed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the Kern sub-basin.
What is SGMA?
The historic passage of SGMA in 2014 set forth a statewide framework to help protect groundwater resources over the long-term.
SGMA requires locals agencies to form groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) for the high and medium priority basins. GSAs develop and implement groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) to avoid undesirable results and mitigate overdraft within 20 years.
DWR serves two roles to support local SGMA implementation:
1) Regulatory oversight through the evaluation and assessment of GSPs
2) Providing ongoing assistance to locals through the development of:
- Best management practices and guidance
- Planning assistance
- Technical assistance
- Financial assistance
What is the Kern County Sub Basin?
The San Joaquin Valley is surrounded on the west by the Coast Ranges, on the south by the San Emigdio and Tehachapi Mountains, on the east by the Sierra Nevada and on the north by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Sacramento Valley. The northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley drains toward the Delta by the San Joaquin River and its tributaries, the Fresno, Merced, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus Rivers.
The southern portion of the valley is internally drained by the Kings, Kaweah, Tule, and Kern Rivers that flow into the Tulare drainage basin including the beds of the former Tulare, Buena Vista, and Kern Lakes. The Kern County Groundwater subbasin is bounded on the north by the Kern County line and the Tule Groundwater subbasin, on the east and southeast by granitic bedrock of the Sierra Nevada foothills and Tehachapi mountains, and on the southwest and west by the marine sediments of the San Emigdio Mountains and Coast Ranges.
Points to remember –
- Kern County subscribed to the SWP and the CVP to reduce our colletive reliance upon the groundwater basin and mitigate over-draft – And it Worked. State Water Contracts were executed on November 16, 1963
- Kern agricultural has invested significantly to develop water banking projects to address supply volatility and to increase access to the water in wet years. The Capacity of GW banking for all Kern Programs is:
- Recharge: Approx. 1.7 MAF/yr
- Recovery: Approx. 1 MAF/yr
- Due to the loss of our surface water supplies (Kern River, CVP, SWP) Kern has increased reliance on groundwater pumping to maintain agriculture production/economy
- For Kern County, Every 10% reduction in SWP allocation results in the equivalent of 25,000 Acres being driven to reliance upon groundwater
- Kern Agricultural 2021 State Water Bill is $138 million – payable even if the water is not delivered.
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