Michael Montgomery, a 30-plus year veteran with the Federal government, has been tapped as the incoming Executive Officer for the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. He succeeds Executive Officer Bruce Wolfe, who is retiring. Montgomery will be joining the Board under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment Agreement …
Read More »Energy Storage Project Earns Orange County Business Council’s Best Public-Private Partnership Award
After having previously garnered the Golden Hub of Innovation Award from the Association of California Cities, Orange County and the Best Energy Program Award for medium utilities from the California Municipal Utilities Association, the Irvine Ranch Water District’s (IRWD) Energy Storage Project has earned another prestigious prize for its public-private …
Read More »Water Veteran Kirby Brill Appointed Interim GM for Inland Empire Utilities Agency
With more than 30 years in water resource management and planning, Kirby Brill has come out of retirement to serve as interim general manager at Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA). The IEUA Board of Directors unanimously appointed Brill to the agency’s top management position at the board’s Dec. 14 meeting. …
Read More »In the Spirit of Giving – The Adoption of Paradise Irrigation District for Christmas
If there is more joy in giving than in receiving then the employees and board members of South Coast Water District (SCWD) – and numerous other water agencies must have very joyful hearts these days! The destruction that rained down upon the small town of Paradise, in northern California, was …
Read More »Coachella Valley Water District awarded 2017 Steel Tank of the Year by Steel Trade Association
The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) recently recognized a number of representing fabricators of steel construction products and their suppliers, annually recognizes companies that produce steel storage tanks, field erected water tanks, pressure vessels and heat exchangers, and pipe and pipelines. Their customers are from the petrochemical, power …
Read More »EMWD Welcomes Stephen J. Corona as New Board Member
Eastern Municipal Water District’s newest board member, Stephen J. Corona was sworn in earlier this month. Corona was elected in November by the residents of Division 2 – the Temecula and Murrieta areas – to a four-year term that will run through 2022. “I am honored that the residents of …
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