The water released from two California reservoirs will likely go to waste, not help Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say.
Following the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles in January, President Trump ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in California 's Central Valley, more than 100 miles away from the fire zones.Mr. Trump had claimed that California withheld water supplies that could have made a difference in fighting the flames. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials disputed those claims.
'Gleick, who co-founded the Pacific Institute, a research center in Oakland, says the move ignores the reality of water management in California.'The farmers in the basin own the water and that water is stored in these dams in the winter, during the rainy season, so that farmers can use it in the very hot, long, dry summer season,' he explained. From the perspective of the farmers, he said, the water is 'assumed to be lost.'California Sen.
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