California water officials are setting the record straight after former President Donald Trump and his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, made incorrect claims about the U.S. military’s role in restoring water flow in the aftermath of wildfires in Los Angeles County.
In a rare social media post on Tuesday evening, the California Department of Water Resources clarified that the military did not intervene in the state’s water supply. The agency explained that federal water pumps, which had been temporarily offline for maintenance, were simply reactivated. However, this did not impact Southern California’s state water supply.
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Trump had previously claimed on social media that the U.S. military had “turned on the water” from the Pacific Northwest. This statement was inaccurate, as California’s water system is primarily fed by mountain snowmelt and routed through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—there is no connection to water from the Pacific Northwest.
The false claims are part of an ongoing political debate about California’s water management, with Trump continuing to support farmers who advocate for larger water allocations.
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