President Trump's executive order directing the release of billions of gallons of water from California reservoirs to help combat the aftermath of deadly wildfires has sparked controversy. Water managers and farmers in the Central Valley express concerns about the short notice, potential flooding, and long-term water shortages during the dry summer months. Critics question the practicality of the plan as the reservoirs are located far from the fire zones and the water cannot be easily transported to Los Angeles.
There are growing questions about the effectiveness of a plan to address California's water crisis, weeks after the deadly wildfires.
"All we're doing is giving Los Angeles and the entire state of California virtually unlimited water," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office., water managers for the Kaweah and Tule rivers had only an hour's notice as they scrambled to relocate equipment and notify farms about potential flooding. Between last Friday and Sunday, 2.2 billion gallons of water were released from dams at lake Kaweah and Lake Success.
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