President Trump asserts that the U.S. military intervened in California's water system, a claim refuted by state officials. Trump's statement, made on his social media platform, sparked confusion and controversy surrounding the state's water management.
California water officials have refuted President Donald Trump 's claim that the U.S. military intervened in the state's water management, asserting that his assertion lacks factual basis. Trump, on his social media platform Truth Social, stated that the military had entered California and, under emergency powers, 'turned on the water' flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest. 'The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER.
Enjoy the water, California!!!' he wrote. The California Department of Water Resources responded on X, stating that 'the military did not enter California.' They clarified that the federal government had restarted its water pumps, which were temporarily offline for maintenance, leading to an increase in water flow. 'State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful,' the agency assured.California's primary water source originates in the north, where snowmelt from mountain ranges feeds into rivers that converge at the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. From there, water is channeled southward to agricultural areas and cities like Los Angeles via two major pumping and canal systems, one operated by the federal government and the other by the state. Notably, there is no direct water supply connection between California and the Pacific Northwest. Trump's pronouncements on California's water policy have consistently been misleading and often disconnected from reality. He has incorrectly attributed the state's water conveyance policies as the cause for dwindling water supplies during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area, and threatened to withhold federal aid unless California altered its approach to water management. On Sunday, his administration issued an executive order aimed at diverting more federally controlled water southward. This executive order sparked immediate criticism from environmental groups who condemned its potential to disrupt the delicate balance of California's water ecosystem
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