Trump’s 2.2 billion-gallon dump from California reservoirs just got even uglier. The Washington Post snagged a memo written by an Army Corps of Engineers official who worked on the releases.
When it happened, the late-January release of around 2.2 billion gallons from California reservoirs already seemed strange, ill-advised and abrupt. But a new report from the Washington Post paints an even bleaker picture.
The three-day release from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success by the Army Corp of Engineers was water that’s typically saved for the drier, hotter growing season, as SFGATE reported at the time. The Army Corps’ move came after Los Angeles County’s devastating January fires prompted President Donald Trump to issue an executive order where he blasted California water policies and commanded federal department heads to “ensure water resources in Southern California.” But the corps’ decision, the Post reported, flew in the face of actual acts.
