2022 Water Summit
Join us May 19, 2022 for our 2022 Water Summit
Sponsorship opportunities now available.
2021 Virtual Water Summit
We can’t thank you enough for attending the 2021 virtual Kern Coun
ty Water Summit!
We hope you enjoyed discussing crucial water topics such as the Biden Administration update on Federal Water and the report on “Effective Water Rights Response to Climate Change”. As well as analysis added by our keynote speaker, award-winning journalist and author, Mark Arax.
As promised here is the link to access the event for the next year.
Please use the same email you used to register. https://wakc.brand.live/c/kern-county-water-summit
We hope to see you again next year!
Webinar with David Serafini, US Army Corps of Engineers
Webinar with David Serafini, US Army Corps of Engineers
David C. Serafini is the Geosciences Branch Chief for the SPD Dam Safety Production Center and is a Registered Geotechnical Engineer in the State of California. He has over 19 years of experience with the USACE working on geotechnical investigations and designs for both the Military and Civil Works Dam and Levee Safety Missions. He has also worked on risk evaluation, risk management plan alternative development and evaluation, and design of Dam Safety Modifications. He currently serves as the Lead Engineer for the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project.
Serafini provided a brief project review of the Isabella Dam, an overview of modifications to the main dam, auxiliary dam, service spillway and new emergency spillway as well as Phase ll Construction highlights and status for each feature
Webinar with Karla Nemeth
Karla Nemeth, Direc tor of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).
January 11, 2021 Webinar with Karla Nemeth,Direc tor California Department of Water Resources
Karla Nemeth was appointed Direc tor of the California Department of Water Resources on January 10, 2018 and was reappointed by Governor Newsom on June 28, 2019.
In cooperation with other agencies, DWR manages California’s water resources to benefit the state’s people, and to protect, res tore, and enhance the natural and human environments.
Nemeth focuses on preparing the Department and state to adapt to more extreme weather as a result of climate change – investing in aging and green infrastructure, better management of groundwater supplies, and various programs to improve local water resilience.
Nemeth provided an update on the Delta Conveyance Project, as well as a summary of DWR projects in Kern County.
Watch the recorded webinar with Direc tor Nemeth on our YouTube channel
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Webinar with Tom McCarthy
Oc tober 20, 2020 Webinar with Tom McCarthy, General Manager Kern County Water Agency
View the saved webinar on our YouTube channel
Operating Kern County for today and in to the future
Hear from the new KCWA general manager, who he is, and what he hopes to accomplish in his new role serving Kern County
Webinar with Tim Quinn
Click on this link to see the full webinar presentation with Tim Quinn, 7/28/2020.
Presentation by Spencer Cooper, Almond Board of California
Kern County Water Summit presentations – links here
Here are the links to the presentations from the 2018 Kern County Water Summit
Water Tour April 28 – Register here
Thanks to an abundant snow and rainy season, Kern County is brimming with water. You can see evidence of this bounty in the Kern River, canals, ponds and water banks. Have you wondered where the water is coming from, where it’s going and where it will be used?
Join the Water Association of Kern County for a bus tour of local water projects, the Kern River and banking facilities to learn how they are operating in this wet year. Get a behind-the-scenes look at water management and see how Kern County benefits from this most welcome precipitation.
TOUR STOPS
First Point of Measurement on the Kern River
Four Weirs
Water Hub – “The Spaghetti Bowl” – at Coffee Road and Truxtun Extension
Kern Water Bank
$15 box lunch
Register here
(Please wear closed toe, comfortable walking shoes)
Tour begins at 9 a.m. at Mill Creek Park, 21st & R St. in Bakersfield. Park your vehicle there. Bus will depart at 9 a.m. and return at approximately 4 p.m.
