About Us
The Kern Water Collaborative (KWC) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation created to
maintain and improve the quality of life in Kern County’s three groundwater basins/subbasins
(Westside South, Poso, and Kern River), as well as within a small portion of Kings County’s
Tulare Lake groundwater basin/subbasin located within the Dudley Ridge Water District
boundaries and the Westside Water Quality Coalition’s boundaries.
KWC accomplishes its mission by implementing programs that provide residents with access to
safe drinking water and by engaging in activities aimed at investigating, protecting, and
enhancing the quality of groundwater drinking water supplies in the region. Additionally, KWC
will provide free nitrate testing for private domestic wells and free bottled water to qualified
applicants. KWC’s general coverage area for the free nitrate test in private domestic wells and
bottled water delivery program is the Kern Subbasin, outside of public water system boundaries.
Board of Directors
Board Officers
- David Halopoff, Chair (Cawelo Water District Coalition)
- Jason Meadors, Vice-Chair (Valley Water Management Company)
- Perry Tjaarda, Treasurer (PT Dairy)
- Laura Brown, Secretary (JG Boswell Company/Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority)
Board Members
- Tim Ashlock (Buena Vista Coalition)
- Morgan Campbell (Westside Water Quality Coalition)
- Tim Holtermann (Holtermann Farms/Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority)
- Melissa McCormack (Wonderful Company)
- Sheridan Nicholas (Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD/Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority)
- Pat Ostly (North of the River Sanitary District)
- Christine Zimmerman, (Western States Petroleum Association)
Staff
- Nicole Bell, Executive Director
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