California water officials have refuted President Donald Trump's recent assertion that the U.S. military intervened in California to activate water flow in the state. Trump's comments, made on social media platform Truth Social, claimed that the military had taken action under emergency powers to increase water supply from the Pacific Northwest to California. However, the California Department of Water Resources clarified that the military did not enter the state.
The federal government had restarted federal water pumps after a brief maintenance period, according to the agency. It was emphasized that state water supplies in Southern California remain abundant and that there is no direct water supply connection from the Pacific Northwest to California's water system.
