Nearly $600 million in federal funding to help California water projects

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Trump Administration announced it volition supply $540 cardinal successful national funds to payment the state's h2o infrastructure.

Congressmen Vince Fong, David Valadao and different authorities lawmakers worked to unafraid backing for authorities h2o projects, including the Friant-Kern canal and Delta-Mendota canal correction projects.

The backing volition beryllium utilized to hole aging systems portion helping to bolster h2o supply, delivery, and conservation to assistance the Central Valley's immense farmland.

Congressman Fong released a connection arsenic portion of Tuesday's announcement, speechmaking successful part, "These are not conscionable upgrades - they are transformative investments that volition modernize however h2o moves crossed our authorities and guarantee reliable transportation to communities, businesses and farms."