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"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 California as [Trump] promised, a memo
obtained by The Post shows.
By Scott Dance and Joshua Partlow
The Army Corps of Engineers colonel responsible for releasing water from two California reservoirs at President Donald Trump’s direction in January knew that
it was unlikely to reach the southern part of the state as Trump had promised, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. [not merely 'unlikely' — *certain* not to reach L.A.]
The agency carried out Trump’s directive, which came in the wake of catastrophic
wildfires in Los Angeles County, on short notice on Jan. 30, though it would normally require days to coordinate. A memo written four days after the release,
obtained by The Post through a public records request, shows how federal officials rushed ahead with the plan to release irrigation water despite objections from the state’s elected officials and some local farmers.
Col. Chad W. Caldwell, commander of the Army Corps’ Sacramento district, wrote
that the water that poured out of Lake Kaweah and Success Lake “could not be delivered to Southern California directly.” To do so would have required several
steps of coordination with state and federal agencies to transport the water to a rarely used connection point, and it quickly became clear that was impossible in such little time, according to the memo.
The release was done to satisfy Trump’s executive order, Caldwell wrote. And the
colonel had also been asked to send photos of the water to Washington, according
to an official familiar with the request who spoke on the condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Trump posted a photo of water flowing from Lake Kaweah on X the next day.
After hearing concerns from elected officials and their constituents “about potential flooding of downstream lands,” the agency reduced the water flow, Caldwell wrote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/07/trump-water-release-california-fires/
Not one fucking drop of the water reached L.A. The federal canal system is not connected to the state system that carries water over the San Emigdio and Tehachapi mountains to southern California. Every drop of water released in Trump's stunt went out to sea.
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