Tell the typical suburban family that water now costs $4k a year (you need to maintain all those pipes under the sidewalk, too) or $333&#x2F;mo and you&#x27;ll be able to hear the screaming from China.  Not to mention lots of the coast is close to mountains, and piping water over mountains is too expensive...<p>Californians, both humans and agriculture (that uses and wastes ludicrous amounts of water) desperately need to start using <i>lots</i> less water on a permanent basis.