{"id":167383,"date":"2026-02-06T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167383\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:30:12","slug":"lois-henry-longtime-kern-county-farm-family-fears-change-in-groundwater-status-will-lead-to-greater-pollution-columnists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167383\/","title":{"rendered":"LOIS HENRY: Longtime Kern County farm family fears change in groundwater status will lead to greater pollution | Columnists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The groundwater in parts of western Kern County is salty and, generally, considered a bit crummy, longtime farmer Brad Kroeker admits.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean it should be abandoned to wholesale pollution as Kroeker believes will happen if a \u201cde-designation\u201d recently approved by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board gains final approval from the state Water Resources Control Board.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 C68:@?2= 3@2C5 G@E65 d\\` 2E :ED s64] `a &gt;66E:?8 E@ \u201c56\\56D:8?2E6\u201d 8C@F?5H2E6C 7@C &gt;F?:4:A2= 2?5 28C:4F=EFC2= FD6D F?56C 2 D:I\\DBF2C6\\&gt;:=6 2C62 ?@CE9 @7 |4z:EEC:4&lt;]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm\u201cx H6?E FA E@ 2C8F6 282:?DE :E[ 3FE H6 H6C6 E96 @?=J @?6D H9@ DA@&lt;6 282:?DE :E[\u201d D2:5 zC@6&lt;6C[ 2 A2CE?6C \ud83d\ude15 $E2CC9 2?5 $E2CC9 u2C&gt;D H9:49 92D 72C&gt; =2?5 :?[ 2?5 25;246?E E@[ E96 56\\56D:8?2E:@? 2C62] \u201cx 5@?\u2019E E9:?&lt; 2?J@?6 6=D6 6G6? 6H :E H2D 92AA6?:?8]\u201dk^Am<\/p>\n<p>k9bmstux}x}v \u2018&amp;$pq{t\u2019k^9bm<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 56\\56D:8?2E:@? 24E:@? 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