California receives $155 million for water security
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved an authorization of $155 million for the Sacramento River Basin on July 1, 2026, to support water and wastewater infrastructure, environmental restoration and surface water protection across the Sacramento River Basin in California. The Sacramento River Basin is the largest watershed in California and the primary source of water exported through the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, supporting roughly 30 million Californians and 4 million acres of farmland across the state.
The $155 million authorization will help accelerate investments in surface water reliability and environmental restoration that improve drought resilience, marine life recovery and support migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway, all without increasing flood risk. The authorization, which allows funds to be separately appropriated by Congress and expended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Infrastructure program, covers nine counties in the heart of California’s water system: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Shasta, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo and Yuba.
“The Sacramento River Basin is the foundation of California’s water supply, and the families, farms and communities of the North State have waited too long for a federal partner willing to invest at the scale this region demands,” said Rep. James Gallagher (CA-01). “This $155 million gives the Army Corps the tools to work alongside our local water agencies, landowners and conservation partners to improve water reliability, restore habitat and strengthen our defenses against drought and flood. I am proud to carry this fight forward.”
