By Patric Hedlund and June Schmidt, TME

A report submitted to the Kern County Board of Supervisors this week said it would take 173,000 gallons of water a day to keep the Frazier Mountain Park pond filled during this drought— except in the warm months, when it would take 180,000 gallons a day.

Over a year, if accurate, the 173,000 gal. a day figure is equal to…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Almost an acre of dry land is what is left for now of Frazier Mountain Park’s pond. This is a photo record from August 8 to November 3, 2016 as the pond faded away.

November 3, 2016
August 8, 2016
September 3, 2016

Documents from the Ridge Route Museum & Historical Society files researched by The Mountain Enterprise include a map that shows no lake in the area of today’s Frazier Mountain Park in 1881 and a 1924 news story telling of plans to dam Cuddy Creek to form seven Lakes for a country club.

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