These “reservoirs” are recreational lakes that the State has deliberately drained to about 50% of their normal capacities. That water has been forced out to sea, instead of being diverted into the farm fields as intended and promised. The State has complete control over the use of the water. They just don’t control how much falls from the sky. They let go 800,000 acre feet last year, unfettered, supposedly to allow salmon to spawn upstream. Unfortunately, there is not enough water in the rivers to allow the salmon to travel upstream. An acre foot of water is enough water to cover one acre one foot deep. WASTE.
Sorry for being confused. Are these natural bodies of water?