Fact check: Trump falsely claims ‘I invaded Los Angeles.’ His water releases didn’t go to LA
In reality, the water was directed to a dry lake basin elsewhere in the Central Valley – more than 100 miles north of Los ...
Water officials knew that opening dams to meet Trump’s wishes was ill-advised. Here’s why it happened anyway
A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump ...
Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern ...
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Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The water would typically end up at the Tulare Lake Basin. That normally dry lake bed flooded during the wet winter of 2023, inundating farmland, homes and businesses - and water officials work ...
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Fresno County’s Pleasant Valley heads to state Water Board for possible intervention
A western Fresno County groundwater subbasin is the seventh in the San Joaquin Valley to come under threat of state intervention. The Department of Water Resources announced in a news […] ...
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Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow
Don Cameron, San Joaquin Valley grower To address this problem, some irrigation agencies have developed accounting systems that credit farmers who help sink water into a region’s basin.
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San Joaquin River integral to Central Valley life
The 1,760-square-mile San Joaquin River Basin that the San Joaquin River and its web of tributaries provides with snowmelt ...