Debbie Cook is president of the board of directors of Post Carbon Institute. She served eight years on the Huntington Beach, California City Council, serving as mayor in 2002 and 2008. She held leadership positions on many regional boards and commissions including the Southern California Association of Governments, League of California Cities and California Desalination Task Force. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/debbie-cook/rss en Law & Policy Management & Supply Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Debbie Cook https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/04/19/california-is-acting-like-it-has-too-much-water https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/04/19/california-is-acting-like-it-has-too-much-water We learned some important lessons so far during the drought, including how much we can save when we really try, and that we can do even more. But will we carry those lessons into another dry year or will we go back to living like we have too much water, as some already are?