{"id":408188,"date":"2026-07-22T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408188\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:15:26","slug":"2026-kern-river-run-in-bakersfield-to-end-july-31-after-four-months-of-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408188\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Kern River Run in Bakersfield to end July 31 after four months of flows"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The City of Bakersfield announced that after four months of the Kern River flowing through Bakersfield, the City is ending its 2026 Kern River Run on July 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince April, the City of Bakersfield used its available Kern River supply \u2013 beyond what is needed to meet City\u2019s drinking water demands and contractual and environmental obligations \u2013 to keep water flowing through the Kern River Channel,\u201d said in a release.<\/p>\n

The City said the Kern River supplies are variable and limited each water year and that there are no additional supplies available to the City to continue the 2026 River Run.<\/p>\n

\"Kern<\/p>\n

Kern River FILE KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

In a release, it said, \u201cBakersfield\u2019s Water Department staff are now gradually reducing the amount of water released into the Kern River. This phased approach helps the river gently transition from wet to dry conditions as flows come to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Water staff expect the City\u2019s remaining 2026 River Run water supply to be fully used by July 31. The release said the City is limited in its Kern River water supplies and does not have rights to use or direct other water districts\u2019 Kern River supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the City’s River Run is ending, the City will continue to use its own water supplies to maintain flows through this reach of the Kern River Channel,\u201d said in the release. Coordinated water exchange operations with neighboring water agencies will also contribute water to offset recharge losses.<\/p>\n

The release said, \u201cTogether, these operations will continue to provide flows through and past Chester Avenue to the Calloway Pool \u2013 located just east of Golden State Highway \u2013 through September.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The City of Bakersfield announced that after four months of the Kern River flowing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-408188","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\/408188","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=408188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}