Trump administration unveils new water rules for California

[Judi Lynn]

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]

1. Who else hates this POS?

[SterlingPound]

2. So fricken much

If he was my kid id reconsider the rule of thumb

[wendyb-NC]

13. 1000%

[classof56]

17. This Californian certainly does.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Time to up my donation to Sierra Club

[napi21]

4. Does California have to obey these rules? Don't they make their own laws,

whether they agree with the Feds or not? WHY the hell is the POTUS making rules for a State?

[BigmanPigman]

6. He doesn't need to follow no stinkin rules, he's the prez!

[Quackers]

8. I think it's because it was built and is maintained by the feds. nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. State rules? Do they not matter?

[moonscape]

7. Only if they're Red n/t

[Dem2theMax]

9. That freaking a-hole needs to double up on the KFC.

Stay out of my state, you Orange shitgibbon!
My state is more powerful than the rest of the country combined.

[Journeyman]

10. Trump may be a teetotaler, but he'll learn now, in the West, "Whiskey is for drinking; water is. . .

“Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”

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]

11. He just HATES us.

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]

12. We're close to the 'stall zone'

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]

14. I just gotta to ask how much water does his failing golf course use out there

in California........................maybe someone should shut it off in the name of conservation..............

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Good rewards for Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes.

Water for the Repubs, dead fish for the rest.

[ripcord]

16. California water is all screwed up

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.