SOURCE - Spring 2025

Place in Water

our second WES and I’m happy

to report the January event in San

Diego exceeded expectations. We’re

looking for a third event location in

northern California for our first event

there in 2027.

I want to commend and thank our

Director of Education and Finance,

Jenna Bland for her significant

efforts in thinking “Outside of the

Box” to revitalize our educational

offerings. In 2024, there were almost

1,700 participants in our webinars

and over 900 attendees at in-person

educational events.

In November 2024, I appointed six

Trustees to serve as the Board of

Trustees for the new CA-NV AWWA

Education and Training Endowment

Fund. The group has already taken

action to invest the scholarship funds

to earn higher yields. With their

careful and thoughtful guidance,

we are starting on our journey

to supporting in perpetuity our

scholarship program.

We need your help. My Chair’s

challenge is gaining contributions

and still stands if you haven’t had a

chance to contribute –

use the QR

code to donate.

Any amount

you can donate

will help provide

scholarships

to worthy

students.

Continually Improving

for Our Members

I also want to commend our Director

of Certification, Steven Garner, for

steadfastly continuing to administer

our multiple certification programs

and keeping us in compliance.

All three of these major initiatives,

Events, Education, and Certification

are part of the Section’s business

model to lead, educate, and serve

our water industry members in a

sustainable manner. Our members

are our lifeblood, and our core

mission is to serve them.

With the highly successful inaugural

Water Conference of the West now

a fantastic dream come true, we

can look ahead to the 2026 Water

Conference of the West at the newly

renovated and now spectacularly

hip Town and Country Resort in San

Diego. The conference will be held

April 6-9, 2026.

Help us serve fellow members and

build an even stronger section –

get involved with a committee,

competition planning, or the

conference committee. Ask any

committee leader or Governing

Board member how to get involved

and we’ll get you connected.

As Buzz Lightyear would say,

together we’ll go to infinity and

beyond!

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