H2bid congratulates the persons below for their leadership in the world’s water and wastewater utilities.

November 2008

Professor John Anthony Allan
“Virtual Water” Innovator

Professor John Anthony Allan

Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College London and the School of
Oriental and African Studies has been named the 2008 Stockholm Water
Prize Laureate. Professor Allan pioneered the development of key concepts
in the understanding and communication of water issues and how they are
linked to agriculture, climate change, economics and politics.

People do not only consume water when they drink it or take a shower. In 1
993, Professor Allan, 71, strikingly demonstrated this by introducing the
“virtual water” concept, which measures how water is embedded in the
production and trade of food and consumer products. Behind that morning
cup of coffee are 140 litres of water used to grow, produce, package and
ship the beans. That is roughly the same amount of water used by an
average person daily in England for drinking and household needs. The
ubiquitous hamburger needs an estimated 2,400 litres of water. Per capita,
Americans consume around 6,800 litres of virtual water every day, over triple
that of a Chinese person.

Virtual water has major impacts on global trade policy and research,
especially in water-scarce regions, and has redefined discourse in water
policy and management. By explaining how and why nations such as the US,
Argentina and Brazil ‘export’ billions of litres of water each year, while others
like Japan, Egypt and Italy ‘import’ billions, the virtual water concept has
opened the door to more productive water use. National, regional and global
water and food security, for example, can be enhanced when water intensive
commodities are traded from places where they are economically viable to
produce to places where they are not. While studying water scarcity in the
Middle East, Professor Allan developed the theory of using virtual water import,
via food, as an alternative water “source” to reduce pressure on the scarcely
available domestic water resources there and in other water-short regions.

In its Citation, the international Nominating Committee wrote:
Professor Tony Allan is awarded for the Stockholm Water Prize for his unique,
pioneering and long lasting work in education and raising the awareness
internationally of interdisciplinary relationships between agricultural production,
water use, economies and political processes. The introduction of new important
concepts like “virtual water”, the use of the “problemshed” concept to
emphasise that the most serious water sector problems are remedied
outside the water sector, that energy is the big issue and above all that
understanding the political landscape is the most important factor in the water
science/policy nexus has created both innovative new research and actions from
both individuals, large organisations and NGOs. The improved understanding of
trade and water management issues on local, regional and global scales are of
the highest relevance for the successful and sustainable use of water resources.

The Stockholm Water Prize which Professor Allan will receive is a global
award founded in 1990 and presented annually by the Stockholm Water
Foundation to an individual, organisation or institution for outstanding
water-related activities. The activities can be within education and
awareness-raising, human and international relations, research, water
management and water-related aid. The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
receives USD 150,000 along with a glass sculpture, and will be presented
August 21 in the Stockholm City Hall. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is
the Patron of the Stockholm Water Prize.

The Founders of the Stockholm Water Prize are Swedish and international
companies who strive to push sustainability forward in the water sector.
The Founders of Stockholm Water Prize working in co-operation with the
City of Stockholm are: Bacardi, Borealis & Borouge, DuPont, Europeiska
Insurance, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, General Motors, Grundfos
Management, Hewlett Packard, ITT Water & Wastewater, Kaupthing Bank
Sverige, Kemira Water, KPMG Sweden, Läckeby Water, P&G, Ragn-Sells, Scandic, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Siemens AG, Snecma, SJ, Uponor and Water
Environment Federation.

Promoting Smarter Water Decisions
As a scientist, educator and advisor, Professor Allan has built essential
knowledge and communication tools for sustainable and efficient water
resource management and policy. His research deploys a wide range of
environmental, economic, social and political theory to give insights on global
water resources and the extent to which they can be made sufficient to meet
the needs of future populations. Because of his work, policy makers, scientists,
water professionals and the general public have greater awareness of the role
of water in the production of different types of products and its impact on global
trade and economy. Virtual water remains a central and active component of
scientific research and policy formulation, and has empowered individual
consumers to affect water management on a global scale.

“Beyond the Box” Thinker
Professor Allan has furthermore developed the idea and terminology of
“hydro-hegemony” and the “problemshed.” This work has led to better
understanding of potential and real conflicts in transboundary regions such
as the Nile Basin, where water resources are shared between countries,
while providing perspective on economic and political processes that can
make food and water security possible for all nations in such water basins.
He remains a leading voice for sustainable water development and expert
advisor on balancing population growth and increasing food demand in developing
countries, institutional reform, valuing water, conflict resolution, and on the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region.

A Lifetime of Achievement
Professor Allan has authored or edited seven books and has published over
100 papers in political science, natural resource management, and
interdisciplinary water journals. He has also educated more than 1100 current
or future water professionals. He has worked for over 35 years with the MENA
region and has advised on joint management of shared water resources on
every basin in the Middle East. He also served as editor for the scientific journal
Water Policy and as a consultant for numerous governments, the World Bank
and the European Union. His keen perceptions and scientific analysis have inspired
new thinking on the spectrum of water challenges, and is described by many
as one of the most influential thinkers in the global water sector today.

SIWI - Independent, Leading-Edge Water Competence for Future-Oriented
Action The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute
that contributes to international efforts to combat the world’s escalating water
crisis. SIWI advocates future-oriented, knowledge-integrated water views in
decision making, nationally and internationally, that lead to sustainable use
of the world’s water resources and sustainable development of societies.

October 2008

Barry M. Jackson
Programme Manager Global
Sanitation Fund, WSSCC

BARRY M JACKSON
CEng, MA (Oxon), MICE, FWISA

Barry Jackson joined the WSSCC as the Programme Manager of the Global Sanitation
Fund in September 2008. Prior to that, he was the most senior policy analyst at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. A graduate of Oxford University, he worked
for ten years as a consulting civil engineer in London, Johannesburg, and Maseru,
Lesotho, and a further eight years with the World Bank, and later with British Aid, as a sanitation adviser in Lesotho.

He has spent 19 years with the DBSA in a number of roles. Much of his policy work
has contributed to important government policy such as white papers on Water
Supply and Sanitation, the National Public Works Programme and the Municipal
Infrastructure Investment Framework.

He was a member of the team that prepared the bidding documents for Nelspruit’s
concession for water supply and sanitation. He helped establish the Municipal
Infrastructure Investment Unit, which administered grant funds for technical
assistance to set up deals for private sector participation in service delivery.
He was Project Manager of the Municipal Finance Management Technical Assistance
Project, financed by World Bank and DFID, and he was an adviser to the World Bank
Water & Sanitation Program - Africa Region, supporting the development of sanitation
policies in several countries in East Africa.

The Global Sanitation Fund is a financing mechanism within the WSSCC created to
support national efforts to help larger numbers of poor people to attain sustainable
access to basic sanitation and to adopt good hygiene practices. This demand-driven programme specifically targets poor populations in developing countries that lack basic sanitation, respects national leadership, pools funds and promotes sustainable services.

For more information visit www.wsscc.org

September 2008

Christine Todd Whitman
Chair, The Water Policy Institute

The Water Policy Institute chaired by former EPA Administrator and New Jersey
Governor Christine Todd Whitman,the Institute will address water-related issues
and provide information to the public through its website.

“I believe water is one of the most pressing environmental issue facing
our world today. Water issues have escalated in our country and worldwide,
with record droughts, threats to water quality, and cross-border disputes over
water. The Institute provides a one-of-a-kind forum for water leaders to
consider the problems and develop new ideas and potential solutions,” said
Christie Whitman, who is currently president of The Whitman Strategy Group.

Whitman was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1993 and served in the post
until 2000 when President George W. Bush asked her to head the Environmental
Protection Agency. The youngest of four children in an affluent family active in
Republican politics, she earned a B.A. in government from Wheaton College in 1968.
She then worked as an outreach worker for the Republican National Committee,
a staff member of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, an English-as-a-second-language teacher in New York City. In 1982 Whitman was elected to the
Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders (county commissioners), where
she served until 1988 when Gov. Thomas Kean appointed her to the state Board
of Public Utilities. In 1990 Whitman resigned to run for the U.S. Senate against
incumbent Bill Bradley. Although she had little name recognition, Whitman surprised
pundits by getting 49 percent of the vote, narrowly losing to Bradley. In 1993
she defeated incumbent Gov. James Florio. Whitman has cut taxes, promoted
business, streamlined government, and promoted tough anti-crime legislation.
Her support of abortion and gay rights has made her unpopular with much of the Republican party. Environmentalists say she has a mixed record. She supported
a measure allowing $1 billion to preserve some one million acres of land from
development and imposed environmental reviews on new development’s water
and sewer facilities. Whitman also tried to promote business, reducing fines for
polluters, streamlining the building permit process, and reducing staff at the state environmental protection office. She resigned her EPA post in May 2003. She is
married to John Whitman, a financial consultant whose grandfather was governor
of New York. They have two children and own two farms.

August 2008

Nie Meisheng
President, China Water Industry Association CCES

Personal

Born 1st Dec 1942, Kun Ming, Yun Nan Province, China
Nationality: Man Zu
Origin: Dalian, Liaoning
Education
1957 – 1962 Water Supply & Drainage Section, Civil Engineering Department, Tsinghua University
1984 – 1986 Environmental Engineering, Rensselear
Polytechnic Institute, dispatched by the State Education Commission as the visiting scholar
Work Experience
1963 – 1970

Municipal Engineering Research Institute,
Ministry of Construction, as a technician
1970 – 1973 First Construction Co., Si Chuan Construction Industry Bureau, as a technician
1973 – 1978 China Southwest Municipal Engineering Design Institute, as a technician
1978 – 1984 Ditto, as an engineer
1984 – 1986 Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, USA, as a visiting scholar.
1986 – 1987

China Southwest Municipal Engineering Design Institute, as division chief & engineer
1987 – 1989 Ditto, as Deputy Chief Engineer, Senior Engineer
1989 – 1990 Ditto, as Deputy Director, Deputy Chief Engineer, Senior Engineer
1990 – 1991 Ditto, as Deputy Director, Deputy Chief Engineer, Professor
1991 – 1993 Science & Technology Department, MOC, as Deputy Director General, Doctorate Tutor
1994 – 1998 Science & Technology Department, MOC, as Director General
1995 – present Harbin Institute of Technology, Visiting professor
1996 – present Chairperson, Water Supply & Drainage Association, China Civil Engineering Association
1996 – present Tsinghua University, Visiting Professor
1998 – present Science &Technology Committee, MOC, as Vice Director
2001 – present International Water Association, China National Committee as Chairperson
2001 – present China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce, President
Major Achievements
THE REPRESENTATIVE RESULT, PAPERS INDEX

A. ACHIEVEMENT MERITS

DOMESTICALLY

1.2006. Beijing Science & Technology Progress Prize (1st rank), Beijing Municipality, ”Green Building Assessment System”.

2. 1992, Science & Technology Progress Prize ( 1st rank ), MOC, “ Research on Oxidation Pond Engineering Technology ” as Chief Researcher.

3. 1992, Science & Technology Progress Prize ( 1st rank ), State Education Commission “ Research on High Density Organic Wastewater Biological Treatment Technology ”, as the Chief of the sub - subject.

4. 1995, Science & Technology Progress Prize ( 3rd rank ), National Environment Protection Agency, “ Research on Cresol Chemical Wastewater Test ”, as the subject chief.

5. 1983, Science & Technology Research Award ( 3rd rank ), Sichuan Vinylon Works Wastewater Biological Treatment Test Research, as Chief Researcher.

6. 1978. National Science & Technology Conference Prize, “ Si Chuan Vinylon Works Waste Water Treatment Experiment Research ” as Chief Researcher.

INTERNATIONALLY

1. 1985, Excellent Papers Prize 57 New York Annual Conference on Waste Water Control, “ Phosphorus Transformation in a Rapid Infiltration Column”.

2. 1995, praised by the 4th Women Conference of UN ( as the woman scientific and technical expert ).

3. 1996, praised by MOC for her heartfelt efforts to participated in the 2nd HABITAT Conference.

B. Written Works or Publications

1. Air Pollution and Control > , as co - writer with two American Professors, 1985, published by China Environment Press.

2. Design Manual for Urban Wastewater Stabilization Pond > , as Deputy Editor in Chief, 1990,published by China Building Industry Press.

3. Design Guideline for Urban Wastewater Land Treatment Utilization >, as Editorial Member, 1991, published by China Standard Press.

4. Urban Water Drainage Engineering Manua > as translator, 1993, published by China Building Industry Press.

5. China Housing Industry Technology > as Editor in Chief, 1995, published by Ji Lin People’s Press.

6. Selection of Design on Water Industry Engineering Technology > as Editorial Member, 1997 published by China Building Industry Press.

7. Design Manual on Water Industry Technology > as the Director of the editorial committee, will be published by China Building Industry Press in 1998.

8. China Eco-housing technology Evaluation Handbook > as the first editor,2001 published by China Building Industry Press.

C. ACADEMIC PAPERS ( REPRESENTATIVE ARTICLES )

1. “ Phosphorus Transformation in a Rapid Infiltration Column ”, 1st author, 1985, published by Northeastern Environ, Sci, V4.nos3/4, pp149-154.

2. ”Studies on the Mechanism of Phosphorus Removal from Treated Wastewater by Sand”, as 2nd author, 1988, published by JWPCF pp2089-2094.Vol.60.

3. ”Developing Chinese Characteristics Suitable Urban Wastewater Treatment Technology ”, as the Only Author, 1988”China Water Supply & Drainage Journal ” Vol 4, No. 4.

4. “ Test Research on Technical and Economical effect of Urban Water Stabilization Ponds ”, 1st author, 1990.5.6 “ China Water Supply & Drainage Journal ” There are two papers published by “ Water Science & Technology ” of IAWQ ( all rights reserved ).

5. “ Technical & Economic Analysis of Stabilization Ponds ”, as 1st author, 1991, published by “ Water Science & Technology ” Vol 24, No. 5, pp55 - 62.

6. “ System Optimization of Stabilization Ponds ” as 1st author, 1992, published by “ Water Science & Technology ” Vol 26, No. 7 - 8, pp1678 - 1688.

7. “ Consideration on Scientific & Technical Issues for Social Development ” as 2nd author, 1992. 5, papers released at Social Scientific and Technical Seminar.

8. “ Energy Efficiency in Urban Buildings ”, as 1st author, 1993.3. “ Report, Expert Group Meeting, Urban Areas, Environment & Energy ”, pp87, organized by UN HABITAT Center and Swedish Government.

9. “ Human Settlement Sustainable Development ”, as the only author, 1993.10. “ Essay on Chinese Sustainable Development ” pp60, published by China Marine Press.

10. “ The Scientific Research and Development on Urban Water and Wastewater in China ” as the only author, 1994.7. “ Selection Papers for International Seminar on Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment ”. pp1, published by China Building Industry Press.

11. “ The State of the Art of Human Settlements Environment and Countermeasures for Improvement in China ”, as 1st author, 1994, “ Selection of papers for 14th Eastern Region Planning Conference ” pp423

12. “ China Sustainable Energy Utilization in Building ”, as 1st author, pp162, 2nd HABITAT Conference, June 7, 1996, Istanbul, Turkey.

13. “ Year 2000 China Water Industry Sustainable Development Strategy - the Industrialization of Water Industry ”, as 1st author, released at the 10th Anniversary Meeting of the founding of China Civil Engineering Association, published by China Environment Press, “ Resources, Development, Environmental Protection” pp771, and also compiled by the symposium on Environmental Protection ( across Taiwan Straits ).

14. ” The Emerge & Development of Water Industry & Its Learning ” as 1st author, 1997.4. “ Water Supply and Drainage Journal ”.

July 2008

Roman Thomassin
President & Regional Director

As President of Elster AMCO Water, Inc. Roman Thomassin leads the water business for the North Americas as well as drives business strategy for market implementation of the recently launched evolution™ AMI, Elster’s revolutionary new AMI product solution for the water industry. Roman also serves on the Executive Management Team as Regional Director for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico water businesses. A visionary leader and technical innovator with extensive global management experience, Roman has served in leadership positions in the manufacturing sector, both domestically and internationally. A progressive change agent and an International and Multicultural Specialist, Roman is fluent in 3 languages and has lived and worked in several different countries including Germany, Slovakia, Colombia, and the United States. He has hands-on experience in a variety of different countries and cultures all over the world in various industries including automotive, Aerospace, and Energy. Roman has built start-up companies in the United States, turned around Europe wide relocation projects (Slovakia), reorganized companies in North and South America, and restructured companies in various cultures.

A progressive change agent and an international and multicultural specialist, Thomassin is fluent in 3 languages and has lived and worked in several different countries including Germany, Slovakia, Colombia, and the United States. He has hands-on experience in a variety of different countries and cultures all over the world in various industries including automotive, Aerospace, and Energy. Thomassin has built start-up companies in the United States, turned around relocation projects including Slovakia, reorganized companies in North and South America, and restructured companies in various cultures.

Prior to his appointment as president of Elster AMCO Water, Thomassin held several senior executive positions with Elster including chief operating officer for Elster Electricity in Raleigh, North Carolina and general manager for Elster in Bogota, Colombia. As president of Elster AMCO Water, Thomassin will lead the water business for the North Americas, as well as drive business strategy for market implementation of the recently launched evolution™ AMI, Elster’s revolutionary new AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) solution for the water industry.

June 2008

Dr Glen T. Daigger
Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL

A recognized expert in wastewater treatment, especially the use of biological processes, Dr. Daigger is currently a Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for CH2M HILL where he has been employed for 27 years. He also served as Professor and Chair of the Environmental Systems Engineering Department at Clemson University. As the author or co-author of more than 100 technical papers, four books, and several technical manuals, he has contributed to advancing practice within our profession. For the Water Environment Federation (WEF) he has served as Chair of several committees, including the task force that developed the most recent edition of the WEF MOP No. 8, Design of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, Board of Editorial Review of Water Environment Research, the Technical Practice Committee, and the Committee Leadership Council (CLC). He is current Chair of the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) Research Council. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kappe and Freese lectures and the Harrison Prescott Eddy, Morgan, and the Gascoigne Awards from WEF. A member of a number of professional societies, Dr. Daigger is also a member of the National Academy of Engineers.

Books by Glen T. Daigger

May 2008

Colin Harris
Director of Arup

Colin Harris is a Director of Arup with 30 years’ experience of large infrastructure and utility projects in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Far East.

He has extensive experience of appraisals, technical auditing design, procurement, and site supervision of capital works. He also has substantial experience in the Utilities sector.

Colin has been responsible for Capital Programme Frameworks with Yorkshire Water Services since 1996, has advised many water plc’s on cost issues relating to the Regulatory Framework and a large number of clients on the procurement of substantial infrastructure projects.

He currently represents Arup at C2C Board meetings for Package C of the MoD Aquatrine Project and is also advising on the acquisition of major utilities undertakings in the UK.

Established in 1946, Arup is a global organisation of consulting engineers, planners and project managers working in all areas of the built environment. Its’ work covers a wide range of sectors, where the firm is currently advising on construction projects totaling approximately US$50 billion in value. Arup now has more than 6,500 people operating from 71 offices worldwide and an annual turnover exceeding US$500 million, derived from work in 32 countries.

Arup has a future statement, a simple statement encapsulating its’ aspirations.

We shape a better world …

April 2008

Soz , Prof. Saif-ud-Din
Union Minister of Water Resources, India

Positions Held
Leader, Ministerial Conference on U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification in Asia, Beijing, May, 1997.
Leader of the Indian Delegation at the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) to review implementation of Agenda 21 – New York, 23-27 June,1997.

Visited Austria to hold bilateral discussions with the Environment Minister of Austria on conservation of water bodies, solid waste management etc., July 3-8, 1997.
Leader of the Indian delegation at IX Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol – Montreal, Canada, September 15-17, 1997.
Leader of Indian delegation at the 1st Conference of Parties of Convention to Combat Desertification – Rome, October 8-11, 1997.
Leader of Indian delegation at XIth World Forestry Conference - Anatalya, Turkey, October 11-16, 1997.
Leader of Indian delegation at the Conference of Parties – Cop 3 of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change – Kyoto, Japan, December 9-11, 1997.
Participated in Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change - Birmingham, UK, May 14-16, 1998.
Member, Presidential delegation. Accompanied President of India, Shri K. R. Narayanan in his tour of Germany, Portugal, Luxemberg and Turkey, September 5 – 21, 1998.
Addressed the UN Special Session on Human Rights – Geneva, March 22 – April 30, 1999.
Leader of Indian Parliamentary delegation to 10th General Assembly of the Asia Pacific Parliamentarians’ Conference on Environment & Development (APPCED) to COZUMEL ISLAND (Mexico), November 13-15, 2003.
Leader of Indian Parliamentary delegation to 11th General Assembly of the Asia Pacific arliamentarians’ Conference on Environment & Development (APPCED) to KOROLEUV ISLAND (Fiji), August 17 - 20, 2004.
Represented Indian National Congress at the Third International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) – Beijing, China, September 3-5, 2004.
Represented India at the 50th Anniversary of Bandung Conference under the auspices of Afro-Asian Solidarity Organisation – Cairo, Egypt, February 28 – March 4, 2005.
Attended meeting of the Standing Committee of International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) – Seoul, South Korea, May 26-27, 2005.

Attended the 4th Governing Body Meeting of the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (established under the auspices of UNESCO) – Tehran, Iran, May 13, 2006.
Led Indian Delegation to the World Water Week – Stockholm, Sweden, August 23-26, 2006.

Attended the 30th Anniversary of UN Water Conference at Zaragoza (Spain) from 13-15 March, 2007.
Educational Qualifications : M.A. (Economics)
Profession : Educationist, Economist, Writer, Political and Social Activist

March 2008

Sir Peter Mason KBE
Chairman of Thames Water Utilities

Sir Peter Mason KBE is Chairman of Thames Water. He is also the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of BAE Systems plc (from January 2003), and was appointed to the Treasury/DTI Asia Task Force in 2005.

Previously, he was Chief Executive of AMEC plc, the international project management and services company.

He was a board member of British Trade International from 2000 to 2005, and awarded a KBE in 2002 for services to international trade.

Prior to joining AMEC in February 1996, Sir Peter was an Executive Director of BICC plc and Chairman and Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty Limited.

He held a number of appointments in the engineering and construction industry before he joined Norwest Holst in 1980.

Three years later he became Managing Director of the company’s civil engineering division and, in 1985 was appointed Chief Executive of Norwest Holst Group PLC. He held this position until he joined BICC in 1992.

Sir Peter Mason brings extensive management and oil service sector experience, having served as Chief Executive for AMEC from 1996 until his retirement in September 2006.

Prior management positions include Executive Director of BICC plc and Chairman and Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty. He was appointed a Non-executive Director of BAE Systems plc in January 2003 and joins the Board of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in a non-executive capacity from October 2006. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and he holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Engineering. Sir Peter is a British citizen.

February 2008

Craig Woolard
Woolard to become AWWA president-elect

Craig Woolard, treatment division director of the Anchorage (Alaska) Water and Wastewater Utility, has been elected by the AWWA Board of Directors to become the association’s next president-elect.

The election took place at the board’s mid-winter meeting, January 27, in Coronado, Calif. Woolard will complete a term as AWWA vice-president in June and then assume his new position during the association’s annual conference in Atlanta.

Woolard has undertaken a variety of roles in the water industry throughout his career. He worked construction in college and since graduating, has worked as a consultant, civil engineering professor and department chair, and associate dean of research and graduate studies for the University of Alaska?Anchorage engineering program before joining the Anchorage utility.

An AWWA member since 1995, Woolard has served on the Credentialing, Camp Scholarship, Publications Award, Young Professionals, and Strategic Planning committees and was the liaison officer to the Administration and Policy Council.

On the section level, Woolard has served as section chair and chair of the annual conference and the research and development committees. In 1997, he was named the AWWA Alaska Section Volunteer of the Year. He received the AWWA Fuller Award in 2003.

Woolard is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Water Environment Federation, and the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. He has served on several Anchorage city boards.

Woolard earned a BS and a PhD in civil engineering from Montana State University and the University of Notre Dame, respectively. He did postdoctoral research at the Institute for Water Quality and Waste Management at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He has also completed the University of North Carolina’s Water and Wastewater Leadership Center program.

After serving as a university civil engineering professor for 12 years and becoming tuned into young engineering professionals of the future, Craig Woolard is getting another perspective of the drinking water industry.

Woolard has participated in the water industry in a variety of roles throughout his career. He worked construction in college and since graduating, has worked as a consultant, civil engineering professor and department chair, and associate dean of research and graduate studies for the University of Alaska?Anchorage engineering program.

“I enjoy the challenge of a new position. I’ve also found that each new job gives you a different perspective on the industry, which has been valuable,” said Woolard, 41.

His college doctoral advisor, Bob Irvine, was his primary mentor. “Bob had a profound impact on my career. He elevated my level of thinking and my intensity. He taught me how to think critically and to understand both the details of an issue and the big picture.”

Woolard’s dedication to the water industry the past decade has involved many facets of the Alaska Water–Wastewater Management Association, A Section of AWWA, said Tom Winkler, president.

“He has served in multiple leadership roles and worked tirelessly to promote the section, AWWA, and the water industry

January 2008

Professor John Langford
Director of the University’s Melbourne Water Research Centre

Professor John Langford, a leader in urban and rural water management reform, joined the University of Melbourne in November 2003 as inaugural Director of the University’s Melbourne Water Research Centre.

He brings to the University a career expertise in the water industry spanning more than three decades, along with a deep affection for the natural environment and a desire to see it used sustainably.

Professor Langford chose water as a career field because, he says, it is one where it is possible to make a strategic contribution. Internationally recognised for his expertise in water resource and catchment management and urban and irrigation water supply and research management, he plays a prominent role in the wider water debate, including speaking at major internationally sponsored forums.

In 2004 the inaugural Engineers Australia listing of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers included Professor Langford (along with fellow Melbourne colleagues Professor David Boger, Professor Rod Tucker and Professor Jannie van Deventer).

Professor Langford chaired the Boards of the highly successful Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Catchment Hydrology (in which the University was a core partner) and the CRC for Freshwater Ecology for more than a decade, and also the Advisory Board of Sydney University’s Special Research Centre on the Environmental Impact of Coastal Cities during it’s nine-year life. Currently he is chair of the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre.

From 1994 to 2003 he was inaugural Executive Director of the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), the peak body of the Australian urban water industry, and was Managing Director of the Rural Water Corporation, Victoria’s state-wide irrigation and rural water authority, from 1989 to 1994.

Among his career highlights Professor Langford notes helping to build the WSAA from its conception into an industry association with 28 members servicing 14.5 million people in Australia and New Zealand.

He sees launching the Melbourne Water Research Centre as a significant achievement, having started with nothing and raised $6 in research grants for every $1 invested by the University to create a portfolio of $7m of multi-disciplinary outcome-focused water research across the University.

A Melbourne graduate (BEAgr 1967, PhDEng 1972) he is a Churchill Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a recipient of the Peter Hughes Award for his contribution to the Australian water industry, the 2003 Centenary Medal and the Order of Australia (2005).

December 2007

Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks, Mrs
Minister of Waters Affairs and Forestry of the Republic of South Africa

Current Positions

Minister of Waters Affairs and Forestry of the Republic of South Africa since 22 May 2006.

Academic Qualifications

• Kwa-Gijima Primary School, Lamontville
• Montebello Combined School
• Secondary Education: St. Mary’s Entshongweni, Durban
• Matriculated from Ohlange High School, Inanda, Durban
• B Proc Degree from University of Fort Hare (1981)
• LLB Degree from University of Fort Hare (1983)
• DIP in Management from Rhodes University (1992)

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa (17 June 1999 - 21 June 2005)
• Served articles of clerkship with Simelane and Co Attorneys, and with Magqabia and Co (1983 - 1985)
• Admitted as an Attorney in December 1985
• Established a firm of Attorneys, Ngwane and Ngwane in Durban in Partnership (1986)
• Professional Assistant with Attorneys Qabaka and Co (1986 - 1988)
• Started to practice for own account as Ngwane and Ngwane Attorneys (1988)
• Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court (1995)
• Joined East London Youth Congress (1984)
• Executive member of the 1st Mdantsane Residents Association (1985)
• Joined the African National Congress (ANC) and over the years held the following positions at Branch level: Secretary, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer etc. both in Mdantsane and East London
• Former National Deputy President of National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL)
• Member of Parliament (1994 - 1999)
• Member of the Justice and Constitutional Development Committee
• Member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on the quality of the life and status of women
• Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Statements by Minister Maduna
• Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence
• Minister of Minerals and Energy of the Republic of South Africa (22 June 2005 - 22 May 2006)

November 2007

Nilaksh Kothari
President , AWWA

Nilaksh Kothari, general manager of public utilities for Manitowoc, Wisconsin, assumed the presidency of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the world’s largest and oldest water organization, at a Gavel Passing Ceremony during AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE07).

“It is a great honor to lead the world’s largest and best organization dedicated to public health through the provision of safe water,” said Kothari, who has served for many years as a leader in the Wisconsin Section of AWWA and as an AWWA vice president. “This is a privilege and an immense responsibility, and I promise to serve with the same enthusiasm, passion and commitment that define our profession.”

During Kothari’s career as a water professional, he has been honored with the AWWA George Warren Fuller Award (2002), the Wisconsin Section Research Award (1997), and the Achievement Award in (1996). He also has served as chair of the Diversity & Member Involvement Committee and on the Strategic Planning, Education, Water for People, and Small System and Membrane Process committees. He is married to wife, Dipika, and has two sons, Anai and Annoj.

In accepting the gavel, Kothari told that he would focus on listening to members, strengthening Section-Association cooperation, encouraging the use of the best available technologies, identifying and engaging strategic partners and continuing succession planning

October 2007

Dr YaacobB Ibrahim

Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore

Dr Yaacob was born in Singapore on 3 October 1955. After graduating from the University of Singapore with an honours degree in Civil Engineering in 1980, he worked as a structural engineer at Bylander Meinhardt Partnership. In 1984, he began his PhD studies on scholarship at Stanford University (US). After graduating in 1989, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Cornell University (US).

He returned to Singapore in 1990 and joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the National University of Singapore as a Research Scientist. In 1991, he joined the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, where he became Senior Lecturer in 1993 and obtained the teaching excellence award for the academic year 1994/95. He is currently on leave of absence from the university as Associate Professor.

Dr Yaacob has been active in community service. In his schooldays, he was a youth member at Jamiyah (Muslim Missionary Society of Singapore). He became a volunteer tutor at Yayasan Mendaki (Council for the Development of Singapore Muslim Community) when it started tuition classes in 1983. Following his return to Singapore in 1990, he continued his association with Yayasan Mendaki. He also became actively involved with the religious council Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), and the Association of Muslim Professionals. He was a council member at MUIS from 1992 to 1996. At Yayasan Mendaki, he became a board member in 1993, Deputy Chairman in 1994, and has been Chairman since March 2002.

Dr Yaacob has served as a board member at the Civil Service College, the National Heritage Board, STV12 Pte Ltd and Temasek Polytechnic, and as a trustee of NTUC Income, a union-linked cooperative.

On 2 January 1997, Dr Yaacob was elected as one of four Members of Parliament (MP) for the Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC). He served as a Government Parliamentary Committee member for both the Ministry of Information and the Arts and the Ministry of Community Development. He also served as a member of the Singapore 21 Committee, the Feedback Unit Supervisory Panel, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Aging Population, and the Singapore Talent Recruitment (STAR) Committee.

On 1 July 1998, Dr Yaacob was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Communications that later became the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. On 1 May 2001, he was promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary. Dr Yaacob was the first Mayor of Central Singapore District, from 1 April 2001 to 23 November 2001.

On 3 November 2001, Dr Yaacob was re-elected as one of five MPs for Jalan Besar GRC.

On 23 November 2001, Dr Yaacob was sworn in as the Minister of State for Community Development and Sports. On 25 March 2002, he was appointed as the Ministry’s Acting Minister and Minister-In-Charge of Muslim Affairs. On 12 May 2003, he was promoted to Minister for Community Development and Sports.

On 12 Aug 2004, he was appointed Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Cabinet. Dr Yaacob was re-appointed in the same capacity following his re-election on 6 May 2006 as one of five MPs for Jalan Besar GRC. He continues to be in charge of Muslim affairs.

Dr Yaacob serves in the People’s Action Party’s Central Executive Committee as vice-chairman.

Dr Yaacob is married with two children: a son and a daughter. He enjoys reading, listening to music and meeting people.

September 2007

Letitia A. Obeng
Chair, Global Water Partnership

Letitia A. Obeng is the new Chair of the Global Water Partnership (GWP).
Ms Obeng, a Ghanaian holding a Ph.D. degree in public health and water resources engineering from Imperial College, University of London, has extensive experience in water and sanitation strategy development and service delivery across the African continent. Dr. Obeng has held increasingly responsible positions since joining the Bank in 1982, most recently as Director for Environment, Water Resources, Rural and Social Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region; Strategy and Operations Director in the Office of the Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Director, Office of the President, The World Bank. In accepting the position as Chair of the GWP, Letitia Obeng said, “The work of the Partnership in supporting the development of sustainable water resource management is vital and much needed. I am truly honored to contribute in this way and look forward to working with the members of the GWP family.”
Dr. Obeng will assume her duties as Chair of the GWP at the end of the year.

August 2007

Ryan L. Brooks
CSFPUC Commissioner

Ryan L Brooks is President of the Commission. He serves as the Western Region Vice-President of Public Affairs for Viacom Outdoor, a leading global media company, and is responsible for governmental and public affairs activities from California to Texas. He is a member of the California International Relations Foundation (CIRF), which provides assistance to the California State Senate in furthering economic, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. Brooks has served as Director of Administrative Services under Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr., where he was responsible for policy and planning for fourteen City Departments, managing over 300 employees and a budget of $94.6 million.

In November 2003, Mayor Brown appointed Brooks to the Commission. At that time, Brooks stated, “Water and power issues touch every resident of San Francisco every day. Their effective management is essential to our economy and our quality of life. I am honored to have this opportunity to serve the City I love.”

Commissioner Brooks is a native of Los Angeles and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from San Diego State University. As a contractor, he was a Pentagon Advisor on public policy to the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Securities. Through his broad range of experience, Brooks is recognized as an authority on issues of environmental concern, public policy and city management. Brook’s term expired in January 2004 and he was reappointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on August 30, 2004. His term will expire in January 2008.

July 2007

Philip W. Allin
Chair: Fairfax Water

For only the fifth time in its nearly 50-year history, Fairfax Water elected a new Chairman - Philip W. Allin of the Sully District - at its regular meeting held September 7, 2006.

“I look forward to continuing the long tradition of fiscal and environmental stewardship Fairfax Water has built over the last 50 years,” said Chairman Allin. “I also look forward to continuing our efforts to provide high-quality drinking water and reliable service to our rapidly growing Northern Virginia communities.” Allin, a 14-year veteran of the Board of Directors of Fairfax Water, has also served as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the Board. Allin and his family are residents of Centreville.

“As a Member of the Fairfax Water Board, Phil Allin has overseen the many improvements that have taken place to provide county citizens the best water service in the region at the lowest cost. I was very happy to hear the news, and I am confident that he will do an outstanding job as Chairman of Fairfax Water,” said Supervisor Michael Frey upon hearing the news.

Fairfax County Water Authority (Fairfax Water) is Virginia’s largest water utility, serving one out of every five Virginians who obtain their water from public utilities. More than 1.3 million people in the Northern Virginia communities of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Alexandria depend on Fairfax Water for superior drinking water.

Chartered in 1957 by the Virginia State Corporation Commission as a public, non-profit water utility, Fairfax Water operates water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 270 million gallons per day. The plants include the Corbalis Treatment Plant, operating on the dependable and free-flowing Potomac River in the northwestern area of Fairfax County, and the Griffith Treatment Plant on the impounded Occoquan River in the southeastern area. Water is distributed throughout Fairfax Water’s service area through nearly 3,200 miles of water mains.

Fairfax Water produces, on average, 148 million gallons of water per day. More than 235,000 mostly residential accounts in Fairfax County comprise about 60 percent of total water sales. Approximately 40 percent of total water sales are wholesaled to Loudoun and Prince William Counties, the City of Alexandria, the Town of Herndon, Ft. Belvoir, and Dulles Airport. Revenues in 2005 were $120 million.

Fairfax Water is governed by a ten-member Board of Directors composed of Fairfax County citizens who are appointed by the elected Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County. A General Manager, supported by a senior staff of engineering and business professionals, manages the day-to-day operations of Fairfax Water.

June 2007

Timothy F. Brick
Chair: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Born: Omaha, Nebraska

Represents on MWD board: City of Pasadena

Joined MWD board: June 1985

Current MWD committee appointments:

Chair: Metropolitan Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Water industry affiliations:

Brick served 14 years on the Pasadena Utility Advisory Commission, which directs the municipal water and power department, including four terms as chair. He is a member of the Colorado River Water Users Associations, National Water Resources Association and a member of the board of POWER (Public Officials for Water & Environmental Reform.) He also belongs to the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy and the Society for Ecological Restoration.

Brick was vice-chair of the MWD board from 1998-2000 and chaired the Water Planning & Resources Committee (1995-1998) as well as the Headquarters Committee, which developed MWD’s Union Station Headquarters. He has also chaired the Water Education Committee, the Water Quality Committee, and the Strategic Plan Implementation Committee. This Spring Brick attended the World Water Forum in Mexico City and delivered a presentation on Southern California conservation and integrated planning efforts at a panel on the “Challenges and Perspectives of Megacities.” Brick also played an important role in the development of MWD’s World Water Forum program, which provides grants to Southern California colleges for educational efforts addressing world water problems.
Professional and community activities:

Brick is an organizational consultant, currently serving as Managing Director of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to the protection and promotion of the Arroyo Seco watershed, a major tributary of the Los Angeles River. He has previously served as an executive and consultant for a wide variety of business, governmental and nonprofit organizations such as the Hahamongna Operating Company, Pasadena AIDS Community Coordinating Committee, Hospice of Pasadena, the Pasadena Health Department, USA for Africa and others. Brick was also a member of the advisory committee of the Business Technology Center of Southern California.

Previous appointments have included the California Energy Commission’s residential standards advisory committee, the Joint Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission committee on marginal cost pricing and the advisory committee for the Rand Corporation/Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Peak Period Pricing Experiment. Brick graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and has pursued further studies in broadcast journalism and resource economics.

May 2007

Emeritus Prof. Nancy Millis, An Australian Legend, Chairperson, CRC

If you work within the Australian water industry you are sure to meet some extraordinary individuals because the industry just seems to attract them. These are people with an obvious commitment to this country, to its people and to finding solutions to the water-related issues Australian communities face. One of these extraordinary individuals is Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis AC MBE.
Nancy, as everybody knows her, has been the independent chairman of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Quality and Treatment since its beginnings in 1995. If that doesn’t sound like much, imagine an unincorporated joint venture that has grown from an initial seventeen parties to the joint venture agreement to a current figure of twenty-nine. Who could chair a gathering of representatives from that many interests, move a complex agenda along and yet achieve consensus? Nancy can and at the same time keep a keen eye on the quality of the science being pursued on behalf of or by these various interests.
As chairman of the Board, Nancy has made a significant contribution to the CRC. However her involvement in the water industry goes back much further than that.
Nancy graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Master’s degree in Agricultural Science in 1948 and received her PhD in 1952 from the University of Bristol in the UK. She recently described her research interests in these terms: “Throughout my career as a microbiologist, I have had an abiding interest in microbial physiology. This underpins all the various interests I’ve had in applied microbiology from fermentations to food, and from sediments and mudflats to the waters above them. Each environment favours the bugs with the physiology to live there. When you control the environment, you can control what thrives.”
Nancy returned to Australia with her PhD degree in 1953 and took up a position as a lecturer in the Microbiology Department at the University of Melbourne. What followed was a long association with that university and that department. She became Reader in 1968, was awarded a personal Chair in Microbiology in 1982, was Deputy Chairman of the Department 1985-87 and was granted the status of Professor Emeritus in 1987. Nancy was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of Melbourne in 1993.
Her academic involvement hasn’t been limited to one university. She has held visiting positions at a number of overseas university and since 1992 has been Chancellor of La Trobe University.
Recipient of many honours, Nancy is currently one of five Australian medical scientists being featured on a postage stamp by Australia Post as part of its Australian Legends Award. The other prominent scientists in this series are Sir Gustav Nossal, Professor Peter Doherty, Professor Fiona Stanley and Professor Don Metcalf. Nancy’s face is now on stamps across Australia.
Nancy has been involved with more than water. Her earliest research interest was in the spoilage of cider. She was a pioneer of biochemical engineering, writing the basic textbook on the subject “Biochemical Engineering” with co-authors S Aiba and A E Humphrey in the 1960s.
She later became prominent in the emerging science of genetic engineering and chaired the Commonwealth Government’s surveillance committees from 1981 to 2001. She is now a member of the recently formed Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee providing advice to the Gene Technology Regulator and to a Ministerial Council under the terms of the Gene Technology Act 2000.
However there has also been that long association with the water industry. This led to Nancy being appointed to the Board of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1990-92 and then as a director of the newly corporatised Melbourne Water until 1994.
She also contributed to the development of the 1996 Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Nancy currently chairs the Water Resources Strategy Committee for the Melbourne Area, a committee established by the Victorian Government to look at ways to manage Melbourne’s water resources sustainably over the long term.
Then there has been her involvement with environmental research for the water industry including her chairmanship of the Research Advisory Committee of the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre since 1989 and membership of the Board of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology since its formation in 1993.
The Australian water industry generally and those associated with the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment in particular are fortunate that Nancy’s research interest in microbial physiology led her eventually to take an interest in water quality issues, amongst other things.

April 2007

Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, China
Mr. Wang Shucheng

Wang Shucheng (1941-), born in Liyang County, Jiangsu Province, senior engineer with a post-graduate diploma.

Acting as a deputy general manager of State Electric Corporation, and member of the corporation’s Chinese Communist Party (CPC) committee, before Wang was promoted to the minister of water resources.

Graduated in 1959 from the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing, majoring in water engineering, Wang joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1965.

Wang, in 1968, went to work in No.6 Engineering Bureau under then Ministry of Water Resources & Electricity. Ten years later, he was appointed deputy secretary of the bureau’s Party committee.

In 1984, Wang acted as deputy secretary of the Party committee integral to the Water Resources & Power Generation Corporation under then Ministry of Water Resources & Electricity.

In 1986, Wang was promoted to the post of deputy general manager of the Water Resources & Power Generation Corporation, and concurrently, a member of the corporation’s Party committee.

In 1987, Wang became director of Bureau of Water Resources & Power Generation, of then Ministry of Water Resources & Electricity, and concurrently, secretary of the bureau’s Party committee.

In 1988, Wang was made director of the Department of Water Electricity Development in then Ministry of Energy, following a cabinet reshuffling.

In 1993, Wang was promoted to a vice-minister of then Ministry of Electric Power, and concurrently, a member of the ministry’s Party committee.

In 1998, Wang became deputy general manager of the State Electric Corporation, and a member of the corporation’s Communist Party committee.

In November 1998, he took the post of minister of Water Resources.

He was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

In March 2003 he was re-appointed minister of Water Resources.

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Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
John Renfrow, Director

March 2007

John W. Renfrow began his service as the Director of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department in January 2006.

An active member of many committees and organizations that make important decisions regarding Miami-Dade County’s water and environmental health, Mr. Renfrow’s career with Miami-Dade County began in 1977 as an Engineer with Department of Enviromental Resources Management (DERM). A University of Miami graduate, Renfrow holds a civil engineering degree and is a registered professional engineer.

As the Director of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, Mr. Renfrow’s duties include updating the water and sewer system and ensuring that adequate capacity exists for Miami-Dade County throughout the 21st century. The Department is one of the largest public utilities in the United States, employing 2,604 people with annual operating revenues of approximately $425 million. It provides direct service to more than 415,000 accounts, wholesale water service to 15 municipalities and wholesale sewer service to 12 municipalities.

In addition to being a certified hazardous materials manager, Mr. Renfrow acts as the secretary of the Environmental Quality Control Board, is executive council for the Developmental Impact Committee, and serves on the advisory council of the University of Miami School of Engineering. He has also been a member of the Governor’s East Everglades 8.5 Square Mile Study Committee, the North West Dade County Fresh Water Lake Plan Implementation Committee, and represented the County on the Miami-Dade County / Florida Keys Water Supply Plan Advisory Committee.

Before being tapped to lead the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, Mr. Renfow had been serving as the Director of DERM since 1988. Under his direction, DERM grew into a nationally respected local environmental regulator and educator.
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February 2007

DETROIT WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT
Mary E. Blackmon, President, Board of Water Commissioners

February 2007

Mrs. Blackmon was elected President in January 2003. She is a retiree of Ameritech, where she served as a Director of Public Relations and Associate Director of Urban and Civic Affairs. She is a current member of the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency Board of Education, where she has served since 1982. Mrs. Blackmon also served for 10 years as a member of the Detroit Board of Education. She has served on several committees for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), where she is a Vice President. A graduate of Leadership Detroit, Mrs. Blackmon remains active in a number of civic and community organizations. Mrs. Blackmon has served on the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners since November 1988.