The 10 day shutdown of the Delta pumps of the State Water Project will end with a phased ramp up restart of those same pumps. The Delta Smelt fish population being the latest "environmental concern" cited to shut down the pumps and curtail human activity via the Endangered Species Act.
"Urban thirst" is cited [look in today’s SacBee] as the reason to turn on the pumps, pretty much regardless of the fish situation [or a perceived one] East Bay users have drawn down their small reservoirs as far as they dare to replace pumped water, and their underground wells, which they rely upon as a supply for drought management, will soon feel the draw down of that aquifer.
"Underground storage" is the big panacea to the opponents of above ground storage, i.e. dams.
Enviros also cite conservation, a noble thought although you don’t conserve your way out of drought [ask the East Bay and SoCal] + 1 million new population growth each 2 years in this state.
Until we build or augment new water storage and water conveyance, most Californians will have their water tap flowing, or not, subject to the whim of enviro groups and "emergency court actions."
Since the Endangered Species Act has been shown to trump all property rights [remember those pesky things, anti-eminent domain reform people?] as well as most of the rest of the Constitution,
place your bets on more highly expensive, crisis driven remedies. While you watch your water being taken from you, contemplate the defeat of eminent domain reform legislation as well as defeat of new water storage efforts, as the water delivery trucks on urban freeways try to keep up with demand in urban neighborhoods.