Are we collapsing (in Southern Marin county)?

Jared Diamond, historian and author of “Collapse”, states that civilizations big and small have collapsed in good part because of exhaustion of water resources combined with out-of-control population growth. 

We are following Diamond’s exact recipe for collapsing by doing the following: 

1)    The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) Board only opting for building a water pipeline, that they are already planning to dismantle before it is even built to save money when they anticipate we won’t need the pipeline anymore;  

2Many customers of MMWD not willing to cut back on landscape irrigation to preserve the aesthetic and value of their home; 

3)   Because of environmental regulations we are diverting the equivalent of nearly 50% of our entire water consumption from MMWD to save the salmon.  We can’t ruin our local fisheries; and

4)    Sacramento is mandating we build thousands of units for low-income, local working population, and market units to facilitate necessary housing to accommodate the Bay Area job growth.

 Notice that each of the above actions make perfect sense on a stand-alone basis and out of the current context.  In combination, they will contribute to chronic water crises.