Project: South Shafter/Smith’s Corner Wastewater Project

City/County: Shafter/Kern County

Requesting Entity: Kern County

Authorization Amount: $2,275,000

The rural community of Smith’s Corner in Kern County has dangerously elevated levels of nitrates and other pollutants in its drinking water, a problem that can be greatly relieved by collecting and treating residential wastewater.  Working with Self-Help Enterprises of Visalia, the County is trying to assemble a combination of federal, state, and local funding to finance design and construction of a wastewater collection system to replace 50-to-60-year-old septic systems that are aging and overused by the 600-700 people who live in Smith’s Corner.

Project: South Weedpatch Wastewater Project

City/County: Weedpatch/Kern County

Requesting Entity: Kern County

Authorization Amount: $206,000

Kern County is trying to assemble a combination of federal, state, and local funding to finance design and construction of a wastewater collection system to replace aging septic systems that are overused by South Weedpatch residents, who are primarily farmworker families with extremely low incomes.  The requested funding will enable construction of the South Weedpatch project to proceed.

Project: Water Banking Facility Project

City/County: Fresno/Fresno County

Requesting Entity: City of Fresno

Authorization Amount: $3 million

Description: This project would determine the feasibility for the construction of a 400-acre recharge/water banking facility as well as necessary extraction and conveyance facilities for the purposes of water supply in the southeast area of the City of Fresno.

Project: Industrial Park Water Main Extension and Storage Tank

City/County: Hanford/Kings County

Requesting Entity: City of Hanford

Authorization Amount: $2,250,000

Description: Funding would extend the water mains and construct a water storage tank in the Kings Industrial Park to facilitate industrial and regional development.  This will increase the water supply to the industrial park and improve the system reliability in emergency situation while providing a secondary supply of water to the industrial park.