There are two major problems with Trump’s order, water experts said: The water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season.

The release of water this time of year means that growers are likely to have less water stored in the reservoirs this summer, during a year that so far is

Trump's order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California. But experts say its more complicated than that.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has dramatically increased the amount of water flowing from two dams in California's Tulare County, sending massive flows down a river channel toward farmlands in the San Joaquin Valley.