Kern Water Bank

The Kern Water Bank is a public-private partnership which oversees a water recharge basin in California. It sources water from the Kern River, the State Water Project, and the Central Valley Project. https://repository.uclawsf.edu/faculty_scholarship/1827/ It stores underground up to .

57% of the bank is controlled by Stewart Resnick and Lynda Resnick, the owners of Pom Wonderful and Halos oranges. In 2021, their stake was estimated to be worth over $1 billion.

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