East Valley Farmers and Cities May Get More Surface Water This Summer

Farmers and cities on the east side of the Valley may get more water than they originally thought.

Friant Water Authority, which operates the Friant-Kern Canal, said in a recent memo on its website it is confident its contractors will not only get the 15% allocation of surface water deliveries announced in February but that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will likely increase the amount to 20%, possibly as early as this week.