Engineering In the Age of Water Learning

An article to ponder from the New York Times - California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth.  Texas is in the same boat as California - the need for rapid learning in the context of a constrained water future.

From the article:

“For over 10,000 years, people lived in California, but the number of those people were never more than 300,000 or 400,000,” Mr. Brown said. “Now we are embarked upon an experiment that no one has ever tried: 38 million people, with 32 million vehicles, living at the level of comfort that we all strive to attain. This will require adjustment. This will require learning.”