All of California is officially facing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor . And much of the state is in extreme or severe drought after the dry winter.
Groundwater Authority to meet Wednesday
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority is scheduled to begin its open meeting no later than 11 a.m. Wednesday.
In addition to the consent agenda, the open meeting agenda lists public comment and reports from the water resources manager and the general manager.
A closed session scheduled for 10 a.m. includes three cases of existing litigation, one involving Frank Bellino, one involving Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. and another involving Mojave Pistachios, LLC.
Also on the closed session agenda is an item regarding two cases of anticipated litigation and one regarding real property negotiations regarding state water project importation price and terms of payment with the agency negotiator identified as Capital Core Group.
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Searles Valley Minerals will not have water service shut off for non-payment of fees . at least not yet.
An Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority special hearing Thursday on SVM s failure to pay the $2,130 per acre-foot replenishment fee was continued to the authority s June regular meeting so the GA could investigate SVM’s claim that cutting the company’s water supply would take down service to every house, business and school in Trona as collateral damage. If you cut off the water supply to Searles, two things will happen. One is Searles will go out of business, said Jeff Dunn, special counsel to SVM. And if it goes out of business it will never be able to pay your replenishment assessment.