Greenbriar Sustainable Living Inc V.GRB

2023 Water Report

[shneps]

The 2023 Annual Water Report is available on the following link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NSDCNFaIrR7OGs4M0b-1QPc-jen5HsLF/view

As of March 1st 2023 there was 76AF transferred to Greenbriar with the remaining water rights held by Paul Morris and Ronnie Strasser remain privately held.

In relation to temporary transfers of allowed pumping allocations that occurred during 2023 there were
30.67AF transferred to the two apple orchards and Green Rich Farms. The remaining 916AF temporarily transferred were mainly to the City, Golden Hills and the Youth Park, respectively.

Interesting that they have approx. a thousand AF of water that is being drawn from "unmetered" wells. The District is working to have all these wells metered.

[tylerreddick]

https://www.kerncog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SJV_REAP_Water_Supply_202401l.pdf Page 36; " As not all GSPs within Kern County Subbasin were found to be in balance, even with future water supply acquisition and demand reduction projects, and the subbasin was not found to have adequate supply to accommodate RHNA demand, the Kern Subbasin was designated an “Area of Greatest Concern

[shneps]

The Kern Sub Basin may be designated "Area of Greatest Concern" but that basin has nothing to do with the Tehachapi - Cummings Basin. Fortunately TCCWD hasn't reached that position yet but in reality that is the entire reasoning for the establishment of the District as Watermaster. I believe the Water District's position is they have basically hit the wall and growth needs to be

[tylerreddick]

" The Kern Sub Basin may be designated "Area of Greatest Concern" but that basin has nothing to do with the Tehachapi - Cummings Basin. " Not directly, but if the Kern Subbasin is in trouble, doesn't that cause concern for Tehachapi's imported water? Doesn't it come from the same source?

[shneps]

The Water Distict's imported water comes from the California Aqueduct that receives its water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Kern County is the largest customer of the aqueduct.

[tylerreddick]

Exactly my point.