Last week, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman named Wayne Pullan regional director of the Upper Colorado Basin Region. Pullan has more than 25 years of Reclamation experience and will officially assume his duties as regional director Dec. 20, 2020. “Wayne brings a wealth of experience and expertise in management …
Read More »Monte Vista Water District Hiring
Monte Vista Water District is seeking an experienced, innovative, and talented leader to be MVWD’s next Director of Engineering, Operations & Maintenance! The successful candidate will be someone who is self-motivated and able to proactively and independently implement policy directives. From managing complex capital projects to holding delicate conversations with …
Read More »EMWD Welcomes Jeff Armstrong as New Board Member
Jeff Armstrong, who has decades of experience in water management, was sworn in today as Eastern Municipal Water District’s (EMWD) newest board member. Armstrong was elected in November 2020 by the residents of Division 4 – the Perris and Menifee areas – to a four-year term that will run through …
Read More »Healdsburg resort developer fined $6.4 million for Clean Water Act violations
Sonoma Luxury Resort LLC has been fined $6.4 million by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for discharging 9.4 million gallons of highly turbid water into Russian River tributaries and other related water quality violations. An investigation by the North Coast Water Board found that site managers consistently …
Read More »Mona Rios Elected Vice Chair of Water Authority Board
The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday elected Mona Rios as vice chair to serve with Board Chair Gary Croucher and Secretary Jerry Butkiewicz. She is the first Latina to serve as a Board officer in the Water Authority’s 76-year history. Rios joined the Water Authority …
Read More »Estrada reappointed to California’s Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Advisory Group
Cástulo Estrada, Vice President of the Board of Directors of Coachella Valley Water District, has been reappointed to the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Advisory Group, as announced by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). “I have witnessed and experienced the deficiencies endured by our communities as they …
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