President Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. military had intervened in California's water management, turning on the water flowing from the Pacific Northwest. However, California water officials refuted this claim, stating that the federal government had merely restarted its water pumps after a maintenance period.
California water officials this week refuted President Donald Trump 's assertion that the U.S. military had intervened in the state's water management , turning on the water flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest. Trump, in a post on X, claimed that the military had entered California under emergency powers and diverted water from the Pacific Northwest. He also asserted that the days of prioritizing environmental concerns over people's needs were over.
However, the California Department of Water Resources clarified that the military was not involved. They stated that the federal government had simply restarted its water pumps after a three-day maintenance period, and that state water supplies in Southern California remained plentiful. The statement by the California Department of Water Resources contradicted Trump's claims, emphasizing that the federal government had merely resumed its regular operations. Moreover, there is no existing water supply from the Pacific Northwest connected to California's system. California's water primarily originates from the north, where it melts from mountain snow and flows into rivers that converge at the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. From there, it is channeled southward to farmers and cities like Los Angeles through two major pumping and canal systems, one run by the federal government and the other by the state.Trump's claims have fueled ongoing debates and controversies surrounding California water policy. He has consistently sided with farmers who advocate for increased water allocation, often making inaccurate statements about the state's water conveyance policies and blaming them for the water shortages experienced during the recent wildfires. He has threatened to withhold federal aid from the region unless California modifies its water management approach. On Sunday, his administration released an executive order aimed at directing more federally controlled water southward. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, responsible for managing the federal pumping system, declined to comment on the reasons behind the pumps' offline status or Trump's assertions regarding military involvement.
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