{"id":367759,"date":"2026-06-19T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/367759\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:16:09","slug":"fresno-irrigation-district-completes-new-groundwater-recharge-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/367759\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Irrigation District completes new groundwater recharge basin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 19, 2026 10:24PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fresno Irrigation District completes new groundwater recharge basin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Fresno Irrigation District is marking the completion of the Carter Bybee Basin, a new project aimed at boosting groundwater supplies in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 35-acre groundwater recharge basin is designed to replenish the aquifer by about an additional 840 acre-feet each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">District officials say the basin will strengthen the district&#8217;s ongoing efforts to reduce groundwater pumping. By capturing surface water during wet years and storing it underground, the project aims to create a reliable reserve for use during periods of drought.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Funding for the project totaled approximately $6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, June 19, 2026 10:24PM FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Fresno Irrigation District is marking the completion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[149137,112,114,113,1081],"class_list":["post-367759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-149137","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-no-ta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367759","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=367759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}