The state’s water rights office says there is excess water – up to 1.13 million acre feet – going unused on the Kings River, which could open the system to a flood of water seekers.
The Administrative Hearing Office (AHO) will hold a hearing Jan. 19, 2027 to delve into whether the Water Resources Control Board should revoke the 1967 “fully appropriated stream” designation on the Kings River.
If that happens, it would open the river to new water permit applications, according to the AHO’s hearing notice…