The Department of Government Efficiency paid California’s water-delivery infrastructure a visit Monday following President Donald Trump’s withering criticism of the system.
DOGE officials visited the Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.
“Congratulations to the Administration and DOI’s Bureau of Reclamation for more than doubling the Federally pumped water flowing toward Southern California in < 72 hours,” the agency posted on the social media site X on Tuesday morning. “Was an honor for the DOGE team to work with you. Great job!”
The pumps, which move water south from California’s wetter northern region, are federally owned and operated. California officials said late Monday that they had been down for maintenance. They also said Trump did not send the military into the state to “turn on the water,” as Trump claimed in a social media post.
