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Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) is touting his success in fighting for water in the Central Valley, releasing a letter Friday from the Trump administration to the State of California criticising the new Bay-Delta plan.

The fight over the Bay-Delta Plan is a classic clash of interests over California’s scarce water — and has created some strange bedfellows.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously 11-0 on Tuesday to endorse California’s new Bay-Delta plan, which will restrict the city’s water supply. The reason: to spite President Donald Trump’s water policy.

President Donald Trump signed a new memorandum Friday to provide more water to California’s farmers, lifting spirits in the Central Valley — and potentially lifting the fortunes of embattled Republican congressmen.

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) told acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week that the Bay-Delta Plan is a “water grab” by state authorities, and that the federal government should stop it.

Though Democrat Josh Harder says he opposes the Bay-Delta Plan, his absence from a major rally has continued to provide ammunition for Jeff Denham’s campaign.

The $8.9 billion Proposition 3 water bond on California’s November ballot has gained bipartisan support because most of its proceeds will fund watershed and water infrastructure.

Beer maker Anheuser-Busch has announced plans to send 300,000 cans of fresh water to the expected victims of Hurricane Florence.

Residents in Kirkuk, Iraq, are protesting that they have run “out of water,” joining a chorus of protests in cities like Basra over Baghdad’s inability to provide basic government services, the Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported on Wednesday.

Central Valley farmers are teaming up with the City of San Francisco to oppose a plan by California’s State Water Resources Control Board to divert more water to salmon runs along the Tuolume River.

The Mendocino Complex fire, a fire made up of two adjacent blazes, became the largest wildfire in California’s history on Monday, reaching 283,000 acres by Monday evening.

A newly-released poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has found that over half (56%) of likely registered voters in the Golden State say a political candidate’s positions on environmental issues will be very important in determining their vote in the upcoming governor’s race.

The California Water Commission was awarded $816 million of Proposition 1 money to begin building the $5.2 billion Sites Reservoir — the state’s first big reservoir since the 1970s. The $7.5 billion Proposition 1: Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement

The Iranian regime wants access to water — and fast. That is a big reason the Golan is suddenly of interest.

Renewed water protests continued in Iran on Sunday ahead of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Sunday, with calls for authorities to address the water issues and chants to replace the current government.

DC Water officials announced on social media on Sunday the advisory to boil water in some areas of the District of Columbia had been lifted after a valve malfunction in the city’s water system on Thursday led to more than two days of restrictions to avoid possible exposure to contaminants.

Local residents in Venezuela staged further protests on Monday as the failed socialist country now appears to be running out of clean water. Multiple groups of demonstrators blocked highways around the capital of Caracas to protest the lack of clean water supplies.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an extraordinary offer to the people of Iran on Sunday, announcing that Israel would create a Farsi-language website to teach Iranians to recycle wastewater and save themselves from mismanagement by their government.

Thousands of migratory birds put on a great show for the 4th Annual Owens Lake Bird Festival this weekend, showcasing the successes of a decade-long rehabilitation project.

A powerful rainstorm sweeping through Northern California brought the state’s annual precipitation closer to normal after a dry winter — and there is more of it on the way. Bay Area public radio station KQED reports that the “Pineapple Express,”

Congressional Democrats have tried inserting a poison pill into new spending proposals in an effort to stop the Trump administration’s planned $1.37 billion Shasta Dam expansion.

The next battle between the State of California and the Trump administration — after clashes over the environment, “sanctuary” laws, and the border wall, to name a few — will be over water.

For months, Cape Town, a city of four million people, has been facing the doomsday scenario of taps running dry. The city’s Theewaterskloof Dam, a water reservoir which once supplied the city 50 percent of its supply, looks more like a desert area.

As the 2017 wildfire season in California recedes in time, if not in memory, the 2018 wildfire season is looming into view. And so if you live in the Golden State—now the Scorched State, as more than 500,000 acres were burned in 2017—you should be worried about a fire-haunted future.

Cape Town, South Africa, a city of four million people, will run out of water on April 12, in what local officials are calling “Day Zero.”

Institutions from Israel and Wisconsin this week signed two agreements to collaborate on water technology.

Animal-focused non-profit organizations have teamed up with other organizations throughout the United States to transport hundreds of dogs and cats affected by Hurricane Harvey to the East and West Coasts from Louisiana and Texas.

A man climbed to the roof of a New York City school and stripped naked while spraying a garden hose at police, authorities say.

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of cubic metres of water annually, as Washington seeks to build confidence for fresh negotiations.

Israel on Wednesday denied that it agreed to a slowdown in settlement construction as part of any future peace talks.

After a nearly decade-long drought, the state known for its endless summer, is now home to a seemingly endless winter, with eight feet of snow on the ground in some of the western mountain ranges.

“Roughly one out of every 20 water taps” in New York City elementary schools has elevated lead levels, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is heading to California to attend the annual Ag Lenders Society meeting in Fresno on Friday, where he will address water issues affecting the Golden State.

Orange County received a more rain than it receives in one year over the course of four days of torrential downpours this week, leaving near-empty reservoirs full again.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is retiring after 24 years in the U.S. Senate — and many in California’s Central Valley are glad to see her go. The liberal Democrat had a rocky relationship with the region over water issues, especially in the last few years.

It’s a White Christmas for California — at least in the mountains, where a slew of winter storms has left behind glittering drifts of beautiful snow just in time for the holiday.