KNDLA provides local policy makers, stakeholders, and the public a forum to monitor, report and/or discuss groundwater activities and identify and address any local groundwater issues.
KNDLA was formed for the purpose of:
- Coordinating groundwater management programs and activities;
- Identifying and addressing issues pertaining to sustainable groundwater management; and
- Establishing a framework for local groundwater management.
For Kern County, retention of local control is critical to the continued success of what is arguably the most complex and innovative water management system in the nation.
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – September 2025 (amended and restated)
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – May 2024 (amended and restated)
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – July 2019 (amended and restated)
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – March 22, 2017 (amended and restated)
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – April 5, 2016 (amended and restated)
- KNDLA Joint Powers Agreement – May 27, 2014
Member Agencies
- Kern County Water Agency (Jurisdictional Member)
- Kern-Tulare Water District
- Kern Water Bank Authority
- West Kern Water District
- Westside District Water Authority
- Arvin-Edison WSD
- Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD
- Tejon-Castac WSD
- Eastside Water Management Area (Associate Member)
- Kern Delta WD
- KCWA Improvement District No. 4
- Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
- Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
- Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District 7th Standard Annex
- North Kern WSD
- Cawelo Water District
- Semitropic WSD
- Kern Water Bank GSA
- Olcese Water District
- Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD
- Buena Vista WSD
- KCWA Pioneer Project GSA
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