The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority in eastern Kern County has signed a “letter of intent” to buy the rights to 750 acre-feet of state water for $6,396,000 from a State Water Project contractor in Kings County.
The purchase is part of the authority’s plan to bring that overdrafted groundwater basin into balance.
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