a 10-mile section that runs from about Pixley in southern Tulare County to the Kern County line. Subsidence, or land sinking, in that section was so bad it cut the canal’s carrying capacity by 60%.

as well as impacts to critical infrastructure such as canals (e.g., Friant-Kern Canal or California Aqueduct), levees, and the aquifer system itself within the subbasin,” according to the report.

Three Tulare County water districts are suing the federal government and the Friant Water Authority amid extensive repairs on the Friant-Kern Canal.