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Kaweah Delta general manager details county recharge projects, urges FEMA aid after 2023 damage
Summary
Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District general manager Shane described five recharge-basin projects — including a 380-acre Hannah Ranch South — and said FEMA disputes over liability have delayed roughly $4 million the district is seeking to finish a damaged water-control structure.
Shane, general manager of the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, told the Tulare County Water Commission that the district is constructing five recharge basins ranging from about 50 acres to roughly 380 acres and working through multiple state and federal grants to support recharge and flood-control work.
Shane said projects include Quia Oaks Preserve (partnering with SRT), the Perrigen basins and Hannah Ranch South, the district’s largest project at about 380 acres. The Hannah Ranch design uses a turnout off the Frank Kern Canal, two 72‑inch pipes and a 100‑foot conveyance ditch to move water into six storage cells for groundwater recharge and to return flows to the Lower Kaweah River when needed. Shane said the…
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