Are we doomed to Historical Repitition?

Ours is not the first civilization to face self created water crisis.... could we please learn from our past so we don't have to repeat it!!

Two articles in the Monterey Herald this morning, both of them on water…. One talks of Northern California farmers selling their water rites to Southern California and letting their fields go fallow, because they can make three times the amount of money by not growing, but selling the water.

Second, talks about the snow pack this year and how we’re getting water, but not in the form of snow…. Big deal to skiers, but bigger deal to anyone who happens to drink water in California.

The question is, how are these two stories related and what can we do about it.