The Union-Tribune reports that, in an effort to cut costs and improve efficiency, state lawmakers have introduced plans to reshape the state's many regulatory agencies - including those that oversee the water supply.
One plan would fold the Department of Water into a newly created Department of Natural Resources. Another would take control of the State Water Project from the DWR and give it to a new public utility.
The article notes the DWR "has come under fire for being too cozy with its contractors by allegedly inflating urban and farm deliveries and shorting fish and wildlife. Critics suggest the agency's directives helped speed the decline of salmon and smelt that are blamed for today's water crisis."
Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, is leading the reorganization effort. The governor is working on a separate streamlining plan but has yet to introduce it.
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