California’s water system is complex and requires real-time adjustments to balance the needs of our state’s cities and farms and the natural environment. Starting today, the State Water Project (SWP) is adjusting operations to meet those needs. … As of today, SWP pumping rates in the Delta have been reduced from approximately 1,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 600 cfs. … The pumping curtailment is required under a permit to protect five fish species listed under endangered species laws. … In future years, the SWP’s spring outflow requirement may be satisfied through a different method than simply reduced pumping. The State Water Resources Control Board is currently considering adoption of a program, called Healthy Rivers and Landscapes, that would expand fish habitat and increase springtime flows in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and the rivers that flow to them, as well as Delta outflow.