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December 8, 2025

Trump to direct more water to California farms

By By SOPHIE AUSTIN and HALLIE GOLDEN
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration is making good on a promise to send more water to California farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday announced a new plan for operating the Central Valley Project, a vast system of pumps, dams and canals that direct water southward from the state's wetter north. It follows an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January calling for more water to flow to farmers, arguing the state was wasting the precious resource in the name of protecting endangered fish species.


 
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