The City of Bakersfield will be shutting off water to the Kern River through town as of July 31, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
The city has kept the river flowing to the Park at Riverwalk since April using its river rights above what has been needed for drinking water and other contractural deliveries.
River advocates noticed a significant drop in flows at Yokuts Park on Monday, but the river was back up again by Wednesday. The fluctuations were caused by delivery changes to other river interests, according to Daniel Maldonado, Assistant Director of the Bakersfield Water Department…