About Poso Creek IRWM

• North Kern Water Storage Storage District
• Cawelo Water District
• Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
• Kern-Tulare Water District
• Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
• North West Kern Resource Conservation District
• Disadvantage Community (DAC) Representative2
• Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District

• Rosedale-Rio Brave Water storage District
• Buena Vista Water Storage District
• Lost Hills Utility District
• California Dept. of Water Resources (DWR)
• US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
• Kern County Water Agency (KCWA)
• Kern National Wildlift Improvement District
• Semitropic Wildlife Improvement District
• Friant Water Users Authority
• Bishop Acres Mutual Water Company
• Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners
• Cities and Unincorporated Communities
• City of Delano
• City of McFarland
• City of Shafter
• Community of Earlimart
• Community of Lost Hills
• Community of Madonna
• Community of Pond
• Community of North Shafter
• Community of South Shafter, including Smith's Corner, Thomas Lane, Cherokee Strip, Burbank, Mexican Colony, and Southwest Shafter
• Pond Union School District
• Semitropic School District
• Maple Elementary School
• Shafter Farm Labor Camp
• Rodriguez Farm Labor Camp
• Individuals
• Kathy Wood-McLaughlin, Tulare Basin Watershed Coordinator
• Carole Combs, Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners
• Southern San Joaquin Municipal
• Utility District
• Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District
• Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
• Kern-Tulare Water District
• Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
• North West Kern Resource Conservation District
• Disadvantage Community (DAC) Representative 2
• Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District

• US Dept. of Agriculture: Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS)
• Fresno State University: California Water Institute
• Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority
• Kern County Board of Supervisors
• County of Kern Engineering Services
• California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
• Paramount Farms
• Community Water Center

Individuals

• Mathew Hurley, Angiola Water District
• Denise Akins, County of Tulare

All other miscellaneous public interest, including landowners, environmental advocacy groups, private/public organizations, etc.

Many parts of Poso Creek region are considered “economically disadvantaged” based on a comparison of the statewide median household income ($60,883 for 2016 -2010 based on ACS Census data) to the population-weighted average household income level for the region (approximately $30,294 or around 50% of statewide value). To that extent many of the region’s cities, communities, and areas are classified by the State of California as “disadvantaged communities” or DACs.

DACs in the region are directly represented in the IRWM Group through a DAC Representative, an elected member of the governing RWMG who addresses the issues and needs of these areas. Moreover, the DACs are represented by a DAC “Work Group” consisting of individual participants from the following identified groups or communities:

The IRWM Group gives substantial consideration to the issues and needs of these DACs during all regional planning and implementation activities. Furthermore, the DACs are represented by Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), a non-profit entity that provides technical services and support for families and communities to compete for resources in lower socioeconomic areas. The IRWM Group has worked closely with SHE for many years to identify DAC concerns and to promote potential solutions, either as standalone projects or programs or as a component of IRWM grant submissions.

For more information on the involvement of the IRWM Group regarding regional DAC issues and needs please use the following to the DAC Representative: 

*More in the latest Poso Creek IRWM plan regarding ‘Stakeholder’ and ‘Interested Party’ statuses.