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California water debate heads to court after Trump joins discussion

After years on the sidelines, the Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman says new federal plans to divert water from the delta region in Northern California to farms in the southern part of the state will bring water where it’s needed most. “It is meant to balance all of the factors. More for people, more reliable for some of the best farmland in the world, more reliable for fish as well,” Burman said.  But for decades, environmentalists and the fishing industry argued pumping threatens endangered fish species. Video, >click to read< 09:37