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Mehdi Mizani, deputy state flood plain manager for the Department of Water Resources, estimated that the volume of water in Tulare Lake is likely to approach or exceed 620,000 acre-feet by the end ...
California's water board has for the first time put a farming region on probation for failing to adopt measures to curb excessive pumping of groundwater.
Trump and California’s water systems A few weeks ago I wrote about Trump criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom for not letting Northern California water flow to Los Angeles to fight the fires.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abruptly increased the amount of water flowing from two California dams. The federal agency made the decision after President Trump signed an order calling for ...
SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump declared victory on Friday in his long-running water war with California, boasting he sent billions of gallons south — but local officials say ...
As California’s snow melts, the revived Tulare Lake could triple in size by summer, threatening the surrounding communities and costing billions in losses.
Tulare Lake used to be the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. Farmers diverted the lake's water in the 1920s and replaced it with farmland. This year's rain and snowmelt have replenished ...
Never mind that precious little of California’s water supply originates in a southern Oregon watershed. Trump’s statement was widely analyzed to be untrue by The Bee and elsewhere.