Weirs in #Bakersfield are dams and regulated by #California law, so local group presses for enforcement to protect fish in the #KernRiver.

#BringBackTheKern #KingOfCalifornia

https://www.bakersfield.com/columnists/lois-henry/lois-henry-high-water-in-the-kern-river-brings-new-legal-issues-as-local-group/article_4f9e6376-37d9-11ee-9ea8-cb185aa43ca1.html

From The Los Angeles Times: “California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to aqueduct”

#Climate #Water #KernRiver

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-20/relief-valve-divert-kern-river-floodwaters-california-aqueduct

#Kalifornien: Damm vom #Pajaro bricht nach Unwettern. #California #CaliforniaFloods #Pajaroflood #climate https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/kalifornien-unwetter-regen-101.html
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RT @affeu2
#California: Tosende Fluten umzingeln Häuser am #KernRiver, #Kalifornien. Das Gebiet steht unter Sturzflutalarm und Evakuierungsbefehl. Raging #floodwaters encircled homes by Kern River, California, with the area under flash flood alert and an evacuatio…
https://twitter.com/affeu2/status/1634369535858884608

2/x #California: Tosende Fluten umzingeln Häuser am #KernRiver, #Kalifornien. #CaliforniaFloods Extremwetter überzieht Kalifornien mit heftigen Regenfällen und Überschwemmungen. Zehntausende Menschen sind aufgerufen, sich in Sicherheit zu bringen. https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Heftiger-Regen-und-Schnee-machen-Kalifornien-zu-schaffen-article23977079.html

#California: Tosende Fluten umzingeln Häuser am #KernRiver, #Kalifornien. Das Gebiet steht unter Sturzflutalarm und Evakuierungsbefehl. Raging #floodwaters encircled homes by Kern River, California, with the area under flash flood alert and an evacuation order. #CaliforniaFloods

Flooding of Kern River /via Matt Volpert #KernCounty #Kernville #Kern #KernRiver #California

RT @dougbarden
#kernriver currently at 35,000 cfs and rising. View from backyard on Sirretta. #kern #californiarain #flooding

#TeaTime
#SevenTeaCups
#DryMeadowCreek
#KernRiver

https://youtu.be/AytRy86XwPQ

#Bakersfield is also alleged by its diversion to create a public nuisance by:

"diverting water from the #KernRiver and its tributary streams without any analysis of the impacts on public trust uses and resources in violation of statutory and common law obligations"

The legal deets on the complaint filed earlier this month by the Sierra Club and a coalition of local environmental orgs against the City of #Bakersfield:

The complaint alleges the city's diversion of Kern River 💧 regularly results in the complete dewatering of the #KernRiver, "w/out satisfying its duties under the CA Constitution, the Public Resources Code, Fish & Game Code, the CA Civil Code, & the #publictrust doctrine."

https://www.mitchellwilliamslaw.com/public-trust-doctrine/kern-river-environmental-organizations-lawsuit-challenging-bakersfield-california-water-diversions

#waterlaw
#lawoftheriver
#CAwater

City of #Bakersfield sued over "dewatering" of Kern River: "The lawsuit doesn’t demand money. Rather it seeks to stop the diversions temporarily while the court orders the city to study how river operations have affected fisheries, the environment and recreational uses." Latest on the #KernRiver by Lois Henry 👉 https://www.kvpr.org/environment/2022-12-01/city-of-bakersfield-sued-over-dewatering-of-kern-river

It's been one year since this story on #Bakersfield's dry #KernRiver was published. Although water flows through the city behind chainlink fence in concrete canals, the river is still dry. But the people of Bako are more determined than ever to bring the water home. Join us 👉 www.bringbackthekern.org 🌊

#waterislife

https://twitter.com/Lia_Mendez_/status/1469712540842160130?t=2FIGeGUiU1MdUqELqiOddQ&s=19

Dave Alvin - Kern River #music #musique #DaveAlvin #KernRiver

https://youtu.be/4aJffhTl8mk

@kfcrosby Love that you posted a favorite of the locals in the #sequoianationalforest & #KernRiverValley We call this fall along the #KernRiver “The Teacups” ☕️🫖