Mark W. Cowin is director of the California Department of Water Resources, a department that protects, conserves and manages the state’s water supply, including operation of the California State Water Project. The SWP is the largest state-run, multi-purpose water and power system in the United States. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/mark-w-cowin/rss en Management & Supply Thu, 14 Jul 2016 05:35:00 +0000 Mark W. Cowin https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/07/14/mark-cowin-planning-for-californias-water-future https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/07/14/mark-cowin-planning-for-californias-water-future California’s highly engineered water system struggles to serve its 39 million people and the environment. But there a numerous things we can do to better plan for the future, writes Mark Cowin, director of the Department of Water Resources.