Trump administration unveils new water rules for California
Source: Associated Press
Adam Beam, Associated Press
Updated 8:17 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 22, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled new rules to govern California's scarce water, committing to send more to farmers in the Central Valley despite warnings from environmental groups that it would imperil endangered species in the fragile San Joaquin Delta.
The rules govern management of the federal Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, two complex labyrinths of dams and canals that corral rain and snowmelt to provide water to more than 25 million Californians and millions of acres of farmland.
An initial review by the national Marine Fisheries Services in July concluded the plan would threaten the existence of some endangered species, including winter-run chinook salmon, according to the Los Angeles Times. But the Trump administration never released that plan.
The report the government did release on Tuesday, known as a "biological opinion," said the plan "will not jeopardize threatened or endangered species," clearing the way for it to be implemented early next year. But it's likely environmental groups will sue to block it.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Trump-administration-unveils-new-water-rules-for-14554029.php
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)SterlingPound
(428 posts)If he was my kid id reconsider the rule of thumb
wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)classof56
(5,376 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)whether they agree with the Feds or not? WHY the hell is the POTUS making rules for a State?
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)Quackers
(2,256 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Stay out of my state, you Orange shitgibbon!
My state is more powerful than the rest of the country combined.
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)He's picking a fight with some of the largest agencies in the State, groups far more organized -- and considerably more wealthy -- than the Central Valley farmers.
Anyone can "unveil new rules," and the Trump Administration is quite adept at doing so. They're not so adroit at implementing them, however.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)And I love it.
Can't wait to see that freak in a prison suit.
Hopefully the first of many, many, many.
The rich get away with too much. They need to start doing serious time for their crimes.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)A barrage of legal challenges only need to tie this up for 14 months.
Dump is a lame duck and it's time to Garland his ass!
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)in California........................maybe someone should shut it off in the name of conservation..............
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Water for the Repubs, dead fish for the rest.
ripcord
(5,409 posts)Californians are horrible with water, it is stupid to have huge green lawns in desert areas. I don't know what we are going to do when our share of the Colorado river water is reduced.