Strand Ranch Construction and Joint Use of Facilities

The project consists of agreements between Kern Water Bank Authority (KWBA), Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) and Rosedale Rio-Bravo Water Storage District (Rosedale or RRBWSD) providing for KWBA’s construction and use of a new turnout (Strand Ranch Connection Turnout) and use of an existing turnout on the Cross Valley Canal (South Strand Turnout), on or adjacent to the Strand Ranch property owned by IRWD and/or Cross Valley Canal, to provide for continued conveyance of water to the adjacent and nearby Kern Water Bank properties owned by KWBA, and KWBA’s removal of the existing Strand Siphons from the Cross Valley Canal and adjacent property. Project agreements also provide for IRWD’s and Rosedale’s continued use of the Rosedale’s Return Pipeline from IRWD’s lands known as Stockdale West to the Cross Valley Canal, which pipeline crosses KWBA’s property. The project will benefit the adjacent and nearby lands and water banking facilities owned by KWBA, IRWD and Rosedale, as well as the beneficiaries thereof including their member entities, banking partners, landowners, and water users.