The 30 square miles of open space used to store critical underground water supplies for the residents of Bakersfield and farmers in Kern County also serves another very important function — the Kern Water Bank land is State and Federally designated habitat where sensitive and endangered native plant and animal…

The Kern Water Bank is one of a number of water banks located in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley that benefits water users by augmenting water supplies in dry years. Although the region receives water from the California Department of Water Resources’ State Water Project (SWP) as well as the federal…

The Kern Water Bank is a 32 square mile property in the Southern San Joaquin Valley that can store 1.5 million acre-feet of water underground, almost three times the storage capacity of nearby Lake Isabella. Water is stored underground in the Kern Water Bank during wet years and recovered during dry years for…

"The KWB [is] a model of state-wide, national and worldwide significance. It is an inspirational landscape that exemplifies what the Tulare Basin was once like while providing important economic benefits."