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President Trump has issued a directive calling for 'putting people over fish' in California water policy. State officials say it could prove harmful for water supplies and fish.
Trump has been publicly complaining about water pressure since at least 2019
The dry hydrants prompted a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water management policies.
Peter Gleick, senior fellow at the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit that focuses on global water sustainability, dismissed Trump's criticism as well. “Those fights have been going on for a long time, and they have not affected in any way water supply for firefighting in southern California,” Gleick said.
In 2020, following several speeches in which he complained about low water pressure, then-President Donald Trump directed the DOE to weaken the low-flow rules at the federal level. In 2021, President Joe Biden reversed the change. [7] In 2025, Trump reversed it back. [8] [9]
Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water flow ...
Currently under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, states can reject any project if they believe it could impact the state's water. Under Trump's order any decisions related to permits will no longer be made by the state secretary, but by the president. [231] On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in County of Maui v.
In October 2018, President Trump signed into law the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, allocating more than $6 billion (~$7.17 billion in 2023) on water infrastructure spending of all kinds. [103] This bipartisan bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage water resource projects and policies nationwide.