{"id":414416,"date":"2026-07-27T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/414416\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:09:17","slug":"first-water-flows-to-biola-groundwater-recharge-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/414416\/","title":{"rendered":"First water flows to Biola groundwater recharge project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Biola-Recharge-Basin.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"groundwater recharge basin\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">The Biola Community Services District&#8217;s 6-acre groundwater recharge basin was built to capture surface water delivered from Fresno Irrigation District&#8217;s Herndon Canal. The July 22 first delivery marked the operational completion of the Biola Groundwater Recharge Project in northwest Fresno County. (Courtesy of North Kings GSA)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on July 27, 2026 &#8211; 1:51 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/emi-obrero\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emi Obrero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first delivery of surface water from Fresno Irrigation District\u2019s Herndon Canal into the Biola Community Services District\u2019s 6-acre groundwater recharge basin was made July 22, marking the operational completion of the Biola Groundwater Recharge Project.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to bring groundwater sustainability to Biola, a groundwater-dependent disadvantaged community in northwest Fresno County. Biola CSD may be the first to reach that milestone in a critically overdrafted groundwater basin as defined by the California Department of Water Resources, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s infrastructure, completed in 2024, includes a new turnout connecting the Herndon Canal to the basin and provides approximately 30 acre-feet of storage capacity. The improvements allow Biola CSD to capture available surface water, replenish the local aquifer and offset groundwater pumping under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project represents years of planning and collaboration,\u201d said Carmen Zamora, general manager of Biola CSD. \u201cFor a small community like Biola, having the ability to recharge groundwater with surface water is a tremendous investment in our water resilient future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project was funded by the California Department of Water Resources and Fresno County, along with partnerships between Biola CSD, Fresno Irrigation District, the North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency and local and regional stakeholders, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProjects like this show what can be accomplished when agencies work together toward a common goal,\u201d said Kassy Chauhan, executive officer of North Kings GSA. \u201cEvery successful recharge project strengthens local groundwater supplies and helps our region move closer to achieving long-term groundwater sustainability under SGMA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Biola CSD and project partners at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 29. The event will take place at the basin in the Biola community, at North 4th Street and West H Street in Kerman.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Biola Community Services District&#8217;s 6-acre groundwater recharge basin was built to capture surface water delivered from Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[165808,112,165809,114,104209,113,165810,165811,165812],"class_list":["post-414416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-biola-community-services-district","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county-water","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-irrigation-district","tag-fresno-news","tag-groundwater-recharge-basin","tag-north-kings-gsa","tag-sgma-groundwater-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414416","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=414416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}