Thinktank: Water management failing in CA

The highly-regarded Public Policy Institute of California makes an important point in a new book:

Despite several decades of well-intentioned environmental regulations, more than 80 percent of the state’s 129 native fish species are extinct or imperiled—listed as endangered or threatened, or likely to qualify for listing in the future. Piecemeal efforts to stop the declines now threaten the reliability of water supplies and flood management projects. Yet the deterioration is expected to accelerate because of continuing influxes of invasive species, increasing diversions of water, and losses of cold water habitat.

They call water management in California a "failure," but see possibilities for great improvement, beginning with urban water conservation. 

Funny how the rain falls most where the people don't want to live: