1850 – 1870s- Livestock (cattle ranching) and some dry land farming
1880 – 1890 – Ranching, dry land farming, timber and mining
1900 – Present – Livestock, agriculture, hothouse, organic farming, vineyards, cement industry, wind industry, tourism and Bedroom Community to the southern San Joaquin and Antelope Valleys
1946 – 1947 – Tehachapi Soil Conservation District formed
1959 – 1964 – Tehachapi Watershed Planning Project & Tehachapi Cummings Valley Water Conservation District (TCVWCD) formed in 1960
1965 – Tehachapi Cummings County Water District formed replacing TCVWCD
1966 – Ag and M&I Contracts executed for SWP entitlement
1966 – Three lawsuits filed in Superior Court. One for each of the three groundwater basins: Tehachapi, Cummings, and Brite
1969 – Preliminary design and Feasibility Report for financing completed
1970 – Judgment in Brite Basin case filed
1971 – Original Judgment in Tehachapi Basin case was filed
1971 – TCCWD Imported Water Project approved by voters of District and construction started
1972 – Judgment in Cummings Basin case filed
1973 – Amended Judgment filed in Tehachapi Basin case
1973 – Imported Water first delivered into District (above both occurred Nov. 14, 1973). Financing through a Bureau of Reclamation loan under Public Law 1984 in the amount of $6.5m and general obligation bonds in the amount of $2.5m.
1974 – Present – TCCWD receives SWP water deliveries through water management and conjunctive use programs
1975 – Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District renders an opinion and remands Cummings Valley case to Kern County Superior Court
1984 – PL566 funding and start construction of Blackburn and Antelope dams and diversion channels.
1994 – Repower Plants 1, 2, 3, and 4 with new engines and pumps – Certificates of Participation for $5.3m, which included approximately $1m to build a new natural gas pipeline for an alternate supply of natural gas. Reduced emissions and a savings of 35% in fuel costs.
