The environmental review of the Kern Water Bank has been struck down by the Sacramento County Superior Court, which says the California Department of Water Resource didn’t do enough in 2010 to examine how the water bank’s operation effects the state’s water resources and wildlife.
It’s seen as a major victory for environmental groups and others that had opposed transfer of ownership of the gigantic water bank near Bakersfield to what is essentially control by Beverly Hills billionaire Stuart Resnick.
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley means the Department of Water Resources must now conduct a new environmental review of Kern Water Bank, the country’s largest underground water-banking operation and the subject of 20 years of controversy and litigation.
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