Monday December 8, 2025
The Sacramento Bee —
The Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday updated the long-term operations plan for the Central Valley Project to allow increased exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a move that conflicts with California’s own requirements, potentially shifts more of the water burden onto the state and threatens the Delta’s ecosystem and water quality.
The decision follows a January executive order from President Donald Trump directing agencies to boost water deliveries and echoes earlier efforts during his first term to loosen pumping restrictions in the Delta.