UPDATE July 12th, 2025 – SUPERVISOR PETERS, WATCH YOUR STEP – THE GREAT INDIAN WELLS VALLEY WATER WAR CHRONOLOGY: All Posts and District Attorney Contact Information Are Here


Investigations (Bakersfield)
661-868-5851 Phone
Pichardoj@kernda.org (Jeanette at the front desk)
Lt. Perez – dperez@kernda.org
Re: Conspiracy to Commit Fraud in the City of Ridgecrest AND the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority
“I expect you to have the highest character, and to do what’s right.” – Scott O’Neil, June 11th, 2025 Ridgecrest City Council Meeting (Closed Session was 4.5 hours)
UPDATE July 12, 2025 – KERN COUNTY SUPERVISOR PHILLIP PETERS GOES TO SACRAMENTO AND GETS HIS HEAD CUT OFF BY STATE SENATOR SHANNON GROVE!
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Daily Independent Op Ed
6/13/2025
A nearly $395 million pipeline might be coming to your backyard, and so might the bill.
In 2024 Clean Energy Capital, a firm with expertise in analyzing water, energy, and infrastructure projects, developed a cost estimate for the proposed Imported Water Pipeline Project by the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA). The Imported Water Pipeline proposes to convey treated water from the AVEK pipeline in California City to a new Terminus Tank in the vicinity of Ridgecrest.
Clean Energy Capital’s estimate? Building this pipeline will cost nearly $395 million, and on top of that, it will cost millions more just to run and maintain it. That’s a heavy financial load for local residents to carry for years to come. Read the entire report here: https://www.iwvwd.com/cec-imported-water-pipeline-project-cost-analysis-61568e9b-f0f4-4a92-96a4-4034b5640739. While some federal funding may be available through the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), it is limited and not guaranteed and even with Federal Grant funding it will cost IWV residents some $18 million every year. Simply put, that will double your water bill and then some.
To make things worse, state legislation, promoted by our local Groundwater Authority seeks to guarantee the construction of this pipeline. The bill would lock in the Groundwater Authority’s current claim for sustainable yield, ignoring newly developed science, paving the way for construction of the pipeline regardless of financial or community concerns.
As leaders from the Ridgecrest Area Association of Realtors, the Indian Wells Valley Economic Development Corporation, and the Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce, we’re deeply concerned about how this will drive up the cost of living. Higher water bills mean more expensive housing, tougher times for local businesses, and a hit to the whole economy.
We’re asking everyone to take a hard look at the numbers, think about what this really means for our wallets, and get involved in this conversation. Going ahead without full transparency about the costs? That’s a risk we can’t afford to take.
Ridgecrest Area Association of Realtors Board of Directors
Indian Wells Valley Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors
Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
June 14, 2025
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