Karen Tachiki gets a small headache when she sees sprinklers, fountains, or runoff water flowing down a driveway into the street after a car wash.
Those sights fly in the face of the years of delicate negotiations Tachiki led on behalf of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to be allowed to continue withdrawing water from the Colorado River.
Tachiki, 56, has invested practically her entire professional life in negotiating deals and litigat... (continued)