PID breaks off partnership with Porterville

PID breaks off partnership with Porterville

Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the City of Porterville to manage area groundwater, the Porterville Irrigation District board voted Tuesday to abandon the partnership and hold a public hearing on whether to form its own…

Irrigation district kills groundwater partnership in the crib amid accusations of power mongering, lack of transparency – SJV Water

Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the City of Porterville to manage area groundwater, the Porterville Irrigation District board voted Tuesday to abandon the partnership and hold a public hearing on whether to form its own groundwater agency. That hearing will be held May 13. The move provoked anger among growers who crammed into the irrigation district’s tiny board room to ask pointed questions and have their say. “Everythi…