California Today: Talking To The ‘Water Czar’ About The Drought

By every wet indication, California is about to lift the drought state of emergency order imposed in January 2014. So we thought this would be a good time to talk to Felicia Marcus, the chairwoman of California’s Water Resources Control Board (you can call her the Water Czar.) This interview has been edited and condensed. Do you think these past three years have produced permanent changes in how Californians use water?