{"id":190821,"date":"2026-02-24T01:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190821\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:46:06","slug":"lerdo-detention-showers-back-on-after-filters-installed-do-not-drink-order-still-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190821\/","title":{"rendered":"Lerdo detention showers back on after filters installed; &#8216;do not drink&#8217; order still stands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Deputies said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernpublichealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kern County Public Health<\/a> has authorized showers to resume at the Lerdo Detention Facility following corrective actions taken to address water quality concerns. <\/p>\n<p>This comes after a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/do-not-drink-water-order-issued-at-lerdo-detention-facility-after-diesel-compounds-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">do not drink&#8217; order was issued last week <\/a>at the detention facility. <\/p>\n<p>The advisory remains in effect. <\/p>\n<p>KCSO said over the past several days, officials have identified and installed filters that effectively remove contaminants from the shower water at Lerdo. Those filters have been tested by a professional water quality testing company, which complies with quality standards, said deputies.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/do-not-drink-water-order-issued-at-lerdo-detention-facility-after-diesel-compounds-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Do not drink&#8217; water order issued at Lerdo Detention Facility after diesel compounds found<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputies are still providing clean, potable drinking water from an outside source to inmates, staff, and kitchen facilities. <\/p>\n<p>Officials are continuing to monitor the water, and testing is ongoing to meet state regulations.<\/p>\n<p>KCSO is working with the Kern County General Services, the State Water Resources Control Board, the California Board of State and Community Corrections, and the Kern County Department of Public Health to fully fix the issue, said the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Deputies said Kern County Public Health has authorized showers to resume at the Lerdo Detention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-190821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}