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| Prison plant problems endanger golf course, farm |
| By bakersfield.com- Christine Bedell |
| Published: 06/15/2015 |
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Ever since the state prison in Tehachapi started turning foul wastewater into high-quality irrigation water several years ago, lots of people in town have benefited. High on that list are those who operate, work at and enjoy the Horse Thief Country Club golf course in Stallion Springs. Treated water from the California Correctional Institution is about one-fourth the cost of the only other alternative for irrigating the course — state water imported by the Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District. But the supply of treated prison water has proved spotty this year and recently dried up completely because the state has for months failed to fix problems at the CCI plant. If they aren’t fixed soon, the golf course may have to close and another customer, a sod farm, may have to stop farming. John Martin, general manager of Tehachapi-Cummings, has been frustrated with the pace of repairs. His district buys the so-called tertiary water from the prison and re-sells it to the golf course and sod farm. He believes it’s a huge community benefit — especially during the drought. Read More. |
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