#california-water-policy

#california-water-policy

During his first stint as president, Trump was heavily influenced by the Westlands Water District, a huge agricultural water agency in the San Joaquin Valley that sought more irrigation water for itself and other farm interests. That relationship led to an extremely controversial contract that guaranteed Westlands as much as 1 million acre-feet of water each year from the federal Central Valley Project, solidifying the district's supply situation.

The Trump administration is seeking to weaken environmental protections for fish and pump more water to farmlands in California. State officials have objected to the plan, warning that it would threaten native fish and reduce water to millions of Southern Californians. The Trump administration plans to weaken environmental protections for threatened fish in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and pump more water to Central Valley farmlands, according to letters obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

The Delta Conveyance Project is a smart, timely and fiscally responsible way to move California's most important water infrastructure project forward.