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

February 2012
Professor Inyang

Professor Inyang holds a Ph.D. with a double major in Geotechnical Engineering and Materials, and a minor in Mineral Resources from Iowa State University, an M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, and a B.Sc. Honors in Geology from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He is President of not only the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja, Nigeria, but also of the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology, and of the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction. Prof. Inyang serves as the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, and professor of Earth Science, and is the founding director of the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Over the past 20 years has also taught at DuPont University, The University of Massachusetts, Purdue University, George Washington University, and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Prof Inyang has made more than two decades of technical and policy contributions to regional and global sustainable development as an educator and administrator, researcher, government official, and corporate leader. He has made exceptional contributions to knowledge advancement, technology development/implementation and national agency programs on contaminant generation process from geomaterials and energy wastes. Prof. Inyang has served as principal investigator, co-principal investigator, and implementation leader on 36 projects, has served on more than 100 technical and policy panels for both government and professional societies, has given more than 110 invited speeches around the world, and has authored more than 210 research articles, book chapters, federal design manuals, and a textbook. Prof. Inyang is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Energy Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers, an associate editor or editorial board member of 27 refereed international journals, and a contributing editor of three books.

Among his many professional awards, Prof. Inyang was one of 10 environmental scientists honoured for their contributions to the United States of America through the USEPA, at a ceremony in Washington, DC, organized by the US government in 2002. Prof. Inyang was also the first African-American to be endowed as a distinguished professor in engineering in both the University of Massachusetts and University of North Carolina Systems. His research and professional focus are on contaminant leaching and dusting from materials, containment systems and materials for barriers, energy systems and geohazards.

January 2012
Rod DeBuhr

Rod DeBuhr is responsible for planning and administering activities related to rules and regulations for groundwater supply and nonpoint source groundwater contamination. His duties include overseeing data collection for groundwater quantity and quality and educating farmers on topics such as irrigation water management and nitrogen management. DeBuhr also oversees activities related to wellhead protection planning assistance for district communities, among other programs and projects.

Prior to coming to the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District in 1979, DeBuhr worked for two other Nebraska natural resources districts. He is a graduate of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, part of the University of Nebraska system.

December 2011
Dominic Mazvimavi

Dominic Mazvimavi is the Professor of Water and Environmental Science in the Department of Earth Sciences, and Director of the Institute for Water Studies which are both at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Prof Mazvimavi obtained a PhD in Hydrology from the Wageningen University and the International Institute of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands. From 2007 to 2010 he served as the Managing Guest Editor for an annual special issue of the Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of the Earth covering papers on water resources management. Prof Mazvimavi has research interests on water resources planning and management, hydrological regionalization, effects of land-use change on runoff, and environmental flow assessment. He has previously worked at the Okavango Research Institute of the University of Botswana, and Department of Geography and Environmental Science of the University of Zimbabwe.

November 2011
Regina Finn
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Regina Finn is the Chief Executive of Ofwat, the water regulator for England and Wales. She has extensive experience regulating utility sectors, including the electricity and natural gas sectors in Ireland, the telecommunications, post and electricity sectors in Guernsey in the Channel Islands and the communications sector in Ireland.

October 2011
Kebede Ayele

Kebede Ayele started an International Development Enterprises (IDE) pilot project in Ethiopia in March 2005 and helped it become a full-fledged country program with legal registration in July 2007. Ayele has 23 years of experience with government, nongovernmental and bilateral organizations in various capacities, including as a grass-roots practitioner, trainer, planning officer and manager.

Ayele has a master’s degree in sustainable agriculture and rural development, a postgraduate diploma in water supply and sanitation, and a bachelor’s degree in applied sociology

September 2011
VINCENT CAPRIO -COO, Water Innovations Alliance


Mr. Caprio is the COO of the Water Innovations Alliance HYPERLINK “http://www.waterinnovations.org” www.waterinnovations.org. Mr. Caprio is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of emerging technologies at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut, and has participated in the NNI Workshop HYPERLINK “http://www.nano.gov/” http://www.nano.gov/. Mr. Caprio is the founder of the Water Innovations Alliance Conferences and has successfully produced 5 Water Innovations Alliance Conferences. Mr. Caprio is the Event Director of the 3rd Annual Water Innovations Alliance Conference, September 26-28, 2011 in Boston, MA. In addition, Mr. Caprio has appeared on numerous Connecticut TV and radio stations, including WICC 600AM, discussing the impact of Water and Nanotechnology.

Mr. Caprio graduated from Villanova University in 1979 with a B.S in Accounting and completed a MBA from Northeastern in 1987. Mr. Caprio is a member of Villanova University’s Financial Club and serves as an active member of Villanova’s President Club. Mr. Caprio serves on the Board of Trustees for the Easton Community Center and the Easton Learning Foundation in Easton, CT. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Caprio was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Fabricators & Manufactures Association Communications, Inc. based in Rockford, IL.

August 2011
KEVIN BROPHY -Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Meidlinger Partners LLC

Mr. Kevin Brophy is a co-founder and Managing Principal of Meidlinger Partners, LLC. He has a wide range of experience in the water industry, ranging from utility operations and public utility rate design to mergers, acquisitions and strategic planning. Mr. Brophy manages investor relations, oversees the firm’s daily operations, and manages financial planning for Portfolio Companies. Mr. Brophy also plays an integral role in negotiating and structuring investments and strategic planning for Portfolio Companies

Prior to co-founding Meidlinger Partners, Mr. Brophy worked for nearly 14 years at Aqua America, Inc. (Aqua) (NYSE: WTR), one of the nation’s largest publicly traded water utility companies serving approximately three million people in 13 states. At Aqua America, Mr. Brophy held roles in operations as well as several director positions (investor relations, corporate development). The latter half of Mr. Brophy’s career with Aqua consisted of executive roles in mergers, acquisitions, business development, investor relations and strategic planning. He participated in various projects such as public utility rate case filings and follow-on equity offerings and occasionally managed aspects of Aqua’s securities portfolio, including equities and derivatives

From 2004 through 2007, Mr. Brophy held full responsibility for Aqua’s ‘growth through acquisition’ program throughout the State of Texas. Residing in Austin, Mr. Brophy directed the acquisition of five companies for Aqua Texas which significantly increased Aqua Texas’ customer base. In addition, he executed 12 water provision/wastewater deals for new, large ‘greenfield’ real estate development projects in Texas.

Mr. Brophy has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Villanova University. He has also attended the Utility Rate School program of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, has completed the NCEE Mergers, Acquisitions and Business Valuation curriculum and finished the London Business School Private Equity Program. Mr. Brophy is a member of Investors’ Circle, a leading network of private and institutional investors using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. Mr. Brophy is also on the Executive Committee of CCTC, a Philadelphia-based private non-profit agency dedicated to helping children and their families cope with the impact of behavioral health issues and traumatic events.

July 2011
Sanjay Bhatnagar – Chief Executive Officer – Global

A global innovator and business leader, Sanjay Bhatnagar leads new generation green enterprise at WaterHealth International. Mr. Bhatnagar is also the founder of the THOT Capital Group, a private equity firm based in New York. Prior to setting up the THOT Capital Group in January 2001, Sanjay was the CEO of Enron Broadband Services for Middle East and Asia, based in Singapore. He was also Chairman and CEO, Enron South Asia. Earlier, he worked for Schlumberger as an engineer and manager in several countries worldwide.

Sanjay received an MBA with Honors, from Harvard University, a Master’s degree in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology.

He has also held other pivotal positions such as Director Emeritus, US India Business Council (USIBC), US Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC, Director, Punj Lloyd Construction Company, India, Director, AIESEC International, President, American Chamber of Commerce in India (1999-2001), Member YPO/WPO, Chairman, Infrastructure Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (2000), Member, National Committee on E-Commerce, Confederation of Indian Industry (2000) and Member of ISOC (Internet Society International) Geneva. June 2011
Dr. Joan Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University

Dr. Joan Rose serves as the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, the Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) and the Director of the Center for Water Sciences (CWS). She is an international expert in water microbiology, water quality and public health safety publishing more than 300 manuscripts. She has been involved in the investigation of numerous waterborne outbreaks world-wide. Her work has examined new molecular methods for waterborne pathogens, zoonotic agents (such as Cryptosporidium ), enteric viruses and source tracking. She has been involved in the study of water supplie,. She specifically interested in microbial pathogen transport in coastal systems and has studied the impact of climate change on wastewater discharges and storm waters on water quality and health. Her career has advanced the information needed to establish science-based quantitative microbial risk assessments. She won the Clarke Water Prize in 2001 (one of 5 international awards for contributions to water science and technology) and in 2008 Dr. Rose won the first Hei-jin Woo Award for Achievements of Women in the Water Profession, from Intern. Water Assoc. (IWA). In 2009, she was awarded the Public Service Medal from the Singapore Ministry of Environment and Water Resources for her work on water and health.

She is currently serving as Chair of the Drinking Water Committee for the Science Advisory Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chair of the Specialist Group Health-Related Water Microbiology (IWA).

May 2011

Dr. Zafar Adeel has experience in a variety of water and environmental issues, including monitoring and control of water pollution, water management in dry areas, solutions to industrial environmental problems, modeling of environmental systems and environmental policy formulation. He is also keenly involved in development of and liaison with international networks of water experts. For the 2010-2011 period, he will serve as the Chair of UN-Water – a body that coordinates work on water of 26 UN organizations. He serves as Director at UNU-INWEH, where he has the overall responsibility for the direction, organization, administration and programmes of the institute. Dr. Adeel is an environmental engineer with post-graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Iowa State University.
April 2011

Dr Sommariva is a consultant of international reputation. He is presently the Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East and the head of the worldwide desalination activities of ILF . Dr Sommariva has experience in both thermal, reverse osmosis desalination and waste water system and served in all the major desalination developments in the Middle East in various roles. Dr. Sommariva has a PHD in Chemical engineering from Genoa University and a diploma in management from Leicester University.

Dr Sommariva has been President of the European Desalination Society (EDS) and Vice President of the international desalination Association (IDA) and chairman of WHO committee for the establishment of safe drinking water from desalination. He is the technical Chairman of the 2009 IDA world conference in Dubai and he is an honorary Professor at Genoa and L’Aquila Universities where he holds

regular courses on desalination and water re-use related matters.

Dr Sommariva published over 50 papers on desalination leading edge research and economics and published a book on Desalination management and economics.

Dr Sommariva joined ILF in 2009 after working 9 years with Mott MacDonald where has been leading the desalination and water treatment group as Managing Director of generation Middle East.

In his early career Dr Sommariva worked in Ansaldo Energia and Italimpianti in various roles in the Middle East

March 2011

Dr William T. Muhairwe is a Management Specialist trained in Economic and Business Management and has been managing public companies for more than the last 15 years in Uganda and abroad.

Since 1998 to date, he has been the Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation, a State Corporation that was almost collapsing due to mismanagement. Out of his initiatives, Dr Muhairwe has implemented innovative change management programmes that have successfully turned round NWSC from a loss making organisation to a profit making government parastatal which is now a benchmark for best practice both nationally and internationally among water utility organisations.

The organisation was named “Employer of the Year 2003 for Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility” and again got a Golden Award for Management Excellence in June 2004 and Employer of the Year 2004 for “Productivity and Performance Management”. In 2005, URA presented to the organisation with the “URA Vantage Award” for exemplary Tax Compliance on the Tax Payers’ Appreciation day. In 2007, NWSC was recognised as the East Africa’s Most Respected Company in the Service Sector.

Formerly, Dr Muhairwe worked for the Uganda Investment Authority as its Deputy and eventually Ag Executive Director for 3 years and was responsible for attracting inward private investments in Uganda. He was also, at one time, the MD of the East African Steel Corporation, a Joint Venture Company between the government of Uganda and a private company (The Madhvani Group).

Dr Muhairwe has key competences in Strategic Planning, Policy formulation, private sector development, restructuring of ailing state companies and managing them while preparing them for private sector investment and participation.

Dr Muhairwe has spearheaded the formation of an External Services function at NWSC, which has, hitherto, become a strong platform for sharing best utility management practices in the sub-Saharan African region and beyond. He has been retained to provide professional services to the World Bank in several assignments on top of his other External Services assignments in performance improvement strategy development in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, India and Pakistan.
February 2011
Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director of IWR

Robert (Bob) Pietrowsky has served as Director of the USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR) since January 2000. As Director he oversees a $50 million/year national program of Civil Works policy development, research, and technology transfer programs in applied planning, hydrologic engineering and investment decision-making methodologies, along with management of the nation’s navigation data and statistical information programs.
IWR’s unique mission links economic, social and environmental needs within the framework of contemporary water resources planning and engineering analysis. As a national center for integrated water resources planning, hydraulic engineering and Civil Works systems data management, IWR’s primary focus is on the development of methods, tools and information needed to solve practical, real world water problems.
His responsibilities span activities on socio-economic and multi-objective planning techniques led by the Institute’s main office in Alexandria, VA, along with R&D on technical models at the Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA, and management of U.S. navigation data through IWR’s Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, New Orleans, LA. IWR’s broad program includes work on trans-boundary and international water resources issues, including administration of the U.S. Section of the International Navigation Association (PIANC), technical support to the International Joint Commission, and management of USACE Memorandums of Understanding with Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat, UNESCO-IHE Delft, Japan’s Ministry of Land Infrastructure & Transport, and partnerships with water centers hosted by other nations.
Mr. Pietrowsky is a native of New York, NY. He received a B.S. in Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a M.S. in Civil Engineering with dual specialties in Water Resources Engineering and Environmental Planning from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He is a graduate of the USACE Planning Associate Program and of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) resident program for career executives in Charlottesville, VA. He is also a charter member of the Army’s Executive Development Program for Engineers and Scientists.
Mr. Pietrowsky’s 35-year’s with the Corps has afforded him with the opportunity to experience water resources development through a wide range of perspectives. He began his career with New York District as a planning practitioner on river basin studies, and later, as Chief of District planning-engineering offices directed water resources development efforts for northern New Jersey/southern New York, with oversight of a an annual $17 million GI planning-engineering program for a $3 billion construction program, and in the process, pioneered the implementation of basin-wide flood preparedness systems, the preservation of wetlands as natural flood storage, and floodplain evacuation in combination with structural flood protection.
Previously at the Institute, he served as Chief, Navigation Analysis Division, and earlier as Director of the $5 million Federal Infrastructure Strategy (FIS) Program, an intergovernmental effort that manifested integrated infrastructure policies across federal agencies, including an Executive Order on Benefit-Cost Analysis signed by the President. The FIS pioneered the use of collaborative approaches across Federal, state and local governments, national organizations, professional associations and other NGO’s.
He is the principal author of over thirty planning studies and technical reports for river basins in the northeast U.S. and more than two-dozen IWR reports on a wide range of water resources issues. Mr. Pietrowsky serves on the U.S. National Committee for UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP), and since 2004 has represented the USG on multiple delegations to IHP meetings overseas. He also currently serves on the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (IHE) at Delft, Netherlands, and on the U.S.-Canada Permanent Engineering Board (PEB) for the Columbia River Treaty.
He is a multiple past-Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Waterways Committee and a member of ASCE’s Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute. He also has served multiple terms on the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board Committee on Ports and Channels, and is a long-time member of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).

January 2011
Prof. Ramesh Kanwar

Dr. Ramesh Kanwar is professor and department chair of the agricultural and biosystems engineering department at Iowa State University and is an internationally recognized expert in the area of water quality and water management systems. He has done extensive research on determining the effects of crop production and animal waste management systems on surface and ground water quality. His research and other professional work have taken him to more than 45 countries. He has been invited by the World Bank, FAO, European Union, UNDP, NATO, USAID, and several foreign governments and universities to work on the development of international educational and water projects and to evaluate the outcome of multi-million dollar investments on international irrigation and water pollution control projects. Kanwar teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in water quality, soil and water management, erosion, and sediment transport, and has advised 28 master’s and 25 doctoral degree students and has been a host professor to more 50 visiting professors/scholars. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 refereed journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings papers. He was awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Trakia University of Bulgaria, an honorary doctorate degree from the Georgian Agrarian University, Tbilisi, Georgia, and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India and Fellow of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

December 2010

David W. Schindler, Killam Memorial Chair & Professor

Dr. Schindler holds the Killam Memorial Chair and is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta. His work on lakes has been widely used in formulating policy internationally. He received his doctorate from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He has served as President of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and as Canadian National Representative to the International Limnological Society. He is the author of over 300 scientific publications. Dr. Schindler’s international awards include the G.E. Hutchinson Medal of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Naumann-Thienemann Medal of the International Limnological Society, the first Stockholm Water Prize (2001), the Volvo Environment Prize (1998), and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2006). In 2001 he was awarded the National Science and Engineering Research Council’s Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada’s highest scientific honor. In May 2009, he received the Royal Canadian Institute’s Sandford Fleming Medal for public communication of science. Schindler is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society of London, a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, and a foreign fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He has received ten honorary doctorates from Canadian and US universities, including the University of Winnipeg. He is an Officer in the Order of Canada and a member of the International Water Academy. In 2008 he was appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence. Trent University has recently named an endowed professorship in aquatic sciences after Schindler. Schindler also chairs the board of directors of the Safe Drinking Water Foundation, a small non-profit foundation that specializes in helping aboriginal communities with their water problems and in educating students about protecting freshwater.

November 2010

Dr. Peter Huck, NSERC Chair in Water Treatment

With a theme of “Drinking Water in the 21st Century – from research to reality”, Dr. Huck, as the holder of an NSERC research chair in water treatment, will provide insight into Canadian research priorities, and how they will shape the future of municipal water treatment.

Dr. Huck received his Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in Civil and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His Ph.D., obtained from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario in 1977 is in Chemical Engineering. Following two years in consulting, Dr. Huck joined the University of Regina in 1979 and moved to the University of Alberta in 1982.

Since 1993, Dr. Huck has been Professor and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Chairholder in Water Treatment in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. The Chair’s mission is to conduct leading edge, fundamentally-based yet practically-oriented research in critical issues related to drinking water treatment. Funding for the Chair is provided jointly by NSERC, the water industry and the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Huck has 30 years experience in directing research related to drinking water treatment, including several major studies for the Water Research Foundation (previously American Water Works Association Research Foundation). He has more than 100 refereed publications and several hundred conference proceeding papers. His academic and consulting experience are internationally recognized and sought after.

In 2008 Dr. Huck was reappointed a second time for a 3-year term to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s Advisory Council on Drinking Water Quality and Testing Standards, which provides advice directly to the Minister. Dr. Huck was the recipient of the George Warren Fuller Award for 2007 from the Ontario Water Works Association (a section of the American Water Works Association [AWWA]) and in 2008 was the first person outside the USA to receive AWWA’s prestigious A.P. Black Research Award. Dr. Huck was retained as the water treatment expert by Part One of the Walkerton Inquiry in 2000-2001.

October 2010

Christopher Hilkene, President, Clean Water Foundation


Christopher Hilkene Chair’s the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy’s Program on Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada’s Natural Resource Sector. He is the President of the Clean Water Foundation, a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to engaging individuals in actions that preserve, protect and improve our water. He specializes in surface water management issues and has made significant contributions to water policy in Canada. In addition to his work at the Clean Water Foundation, Chris develops and manages environmental outreach and engagement programs for many organizations including Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the Recycling Council of Ontario and the Summerhill Group. Chris teaches at York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies on the Great Lakes and environmental policy. During his public service career, he served as a policy advisor to the federal Minister of the Environment, and as well as a Communications Advisor in the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE). He is a Governor of Ryerson University and a Director of the George and Helen Vari Foundation.

September 2010

Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions


Hunter Lovins, president and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and California Conservation Society, will keynote the WaterSmart Innovations 2010 opening session on Wednesday, October 6.

Through NCS, Lovins educates senior public- and private-sector decision-makers about strategies to enable companies, communities, and countries to become more sustainable. Lovins developed the Economic Renewal Project and is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. Time Magazine in 2000 named her a “Hero of the Planet” and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed Lovins a “Green Business Icon.”
Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including Brittle Power (1982), Energy Unbound (1986), Factor Four-Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997), Green Development (1998), Natural Capitalism (1999), and hundreds of papers and articles.

August 2010

Prof. David Stephenson, University of Botswana, Botswana

David Stephenson is a Consulting civil engineer, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Botswana. He is also a professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand and a visiting Professor in Stuttgart and Tokyo.

He holds a PhD and a DSc and has published 10 books and 200 papers in the field of water engineering. He is a Council member of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and consults and lectures internationally.

He is presently advising on a dam in Lesotho and major pipelines in Botswana.

July 2010

Joseph Mantua, AWWA President


Calling for water industry leaders to “be bold, take chances,” Mantua, a Black & Veatch
client services manager, laid out his agenda for his one-year term as AWWA president.
He pledged to facilitate a smooth transition for AWWA’s new executive director, David LaFrance; to complete several association projects already in motion; to enhance
member value, and to build relationships and strategic partnerships with other
organizations.
Mantua, who spent many years in a utility environment with the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, becomes president at a time when the water industry is facing
enormous challenges—aging infrastructure, regulatory uncertainties, climate change,
a pending workforce crisis and limited financing. “One could easily come to the
conclusion that the future is bleak,” Mantua said. “But I believe that these challenges
present the opportunity for AWWA and the water community to embrace adversity and to adapt to our changing world by doing things differently.”
Mantua is no stranger to AWWA. He has been an active member of the organization’s Chesapeake Section since 1987, serving on numerous committees as chair and as
section trustee and director. He has also served on AWWA’s board of directors and
as vice president for the past year.
Mantua has worked in the water industry for 26 years. With a background and license
as a professional engineer, he previously served as head of project delivery for WSSC,
one of the largest U.S. utilities, where he designed and implemented water projects.
Now with Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, construction and consulting
company, he manages water and wastewater projects for clients in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
In recognition of his diplomatic talent, skilled engineering, and constructive leadership,
Mantua received the Malcolm Shaneman Quality of Life Award from the Maryland
National Capital Building Industry Association in 2005, and he was presented with
AWWA’s George Warren Fuller award in 2006.
“My predecessors have shown tremendous vision, and we’ve worked hard to initiate
a number of exciting changes,” Mantua said. “I am committed to bringing these
programs to completion

June 2010

Steven Solomon
Author: Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization.

During his career as an economics journalist, Solomon has written articles for The New
York Times, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, and Esquire. He has also been a regular commentator on NPR’s Marketplace, and has appeared as a featured guest on the late Tim Russert’s CNBC show, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Bloomberg TV, CBS Evening News, and many other news shows. Through his book, Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, Solomon offers a narrative portrait of water and the resulting power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity’s earliest civilizations to the world we live in today.

Recognizing that freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty-first century’s decisive, looming challenges and is driving the new political, economic, and environmental realities across the globe, Solomon will share his insights about the key role water has had in the development of modern societies, and the growing issues over scarcity and pollution, that could lead to a global crisis unless we adopt more sustainable approaches to water management.

May 2010

Pamela Turner
Director, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department

Ms. Turner was named Director on July 22, 2009, after having served as Interim Director since September 2008. Prior to her selection, she was Assistant Director of Water Supply Operations and also served as Water Quality Division Manager. She has worked in the Department since 1977. Ms. Turner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Turner has served on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s Technical Advisory Committee for the MDEQ Source Water Assessment Program. She is a member of the American Water Works Association and has served on the AWWA Research Foundation’s Research Advisory Council and on the AWWA Michigan Section’s Water Utility Committee.

Ms. Turner was a member of the International Blue Ribbon Commission on Lake St. Clair charged with developing long-term strategies for protecting source water in the Lake St. Clair – Lake Erie corridor.

In March 2009, the Women’s Informal Network recognized Ms. Turner as one of the “Most Influential African-American Women in Metropolitan Detroit”

April 2010

Chris Williams
Director Of Freshwater Conservation, WWF

Chris Williams is Director of Freshwater Conservation at World Wildlife Fund-US. He directs WWF’s work on international and national freshwater policy, supports WWF field projects all over the world, and develops partnerships for freshwater conservation with governments, corporations, foundations, and bilateral and multi-lateral aid agencies. Chris serves as Deputy Director of the Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS), a USAID-funded consortium of NGOs and academic institutions supporting integrated water resources management around the globe. He is a member of the board of directors of the Alliance for Water Stewardship.

Chris has been a conservation professional for 15 years, first as a policy analyst and federal lobbyist for endangered species and other natural resource issues, and then as manager of a large-scale ecoregional conservation project in the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. It was his experiences grappling with water issues in the Rio Grande basin that led Chris to his current specialization in freshwater.

Chris holds masters and law degrees from the Vermont Law School, and a history degree from the University of Washington. He has authored, co-authored, or edited numerous publications on the subject of natural resources conservation.

March 2010

Dr. Corrado Sommariva
LF Consulting Engineers Abu Dhabi

Dr Sommariva is a consultant of international reputation. He is presently the Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East and the head of the worldwide desalination activities of ILF . Dr Sommariva has experience in both thermal, reverse osmosis desalination and waste water system and served in all the major desalination developments in the Middle East in various roles. Dr. Sommariva has a PHD in Chemical engineering from Genoa University and a diploma in management from Leicester University.

Dr Sommariva has been President of the European Desalination Society (EDS) and Vice President of the international desalination Association (IDA) and chairman of WHO committee for the establishment of safe drinking water from desalination. He is the technical Chairman of the 2009 IDA world conference in Dubai and he is an honorary Professor at Genoa and L’Aquila Universities where he holds

regular courses on desalination and water re-use related matters.

Dr Sommariva published over 50 papers on desalination leading edge research and economics and published a book on Desalination management and economics.

Dr Sommariva joined ILF in 2009 after working 9 years with Mott MacDonald where has been leading the desalination and water treatment group as Managing Director of generation Middle East.

In his early career Dr Sommariva worked in Ansaldo Energia and Italimpianti in various roles in the Middle East

February 2010

Dr. Tom Arsuffi
Director of the Llano River Field Station at Texas Tech University


Tom Arsuffi is Director of the Llano River Field Station
at Texas Tech University in Junction. He received his
Ph.D. at New Mexico State University in 1984 and did
a post doctorate at the University of Georgia Marine
Institute. His research interests are in aquatic and
watershed ecology and environmental education and
he and his students have worked in a range of aquatic ecosystems. He teaches courses in Aquatic Biology,
General Ecology, Stream Ecology, Environmental Impact Analysis, Invasive Species Ecology, Scientific Method
in Aquatic Resources and Wetlands Ecology. He has
publications in leading ecological journals and given
invited and contributed presentations on his work at
national and international aquatic, ecological and
scientific meetings. He has served as: President of a
1000+ member Texas Academy of Science, as Program
Chair for regional and international scientific societies,
Executive Board of Organization of Biological Field
Stations, a reviewer for National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture panels, external reviewer for state science
center programs, original ESA SEEDS partner & mentor,
advised NSF/NIH funded K-12 teacher training in
research, developed K-12 watershed education units,
worked with the national media, received research/
education grants over $8.7 million from numerous state,
federal and foundation funding sources, completed 32
graduate students as thesis adviser, served on over
50 graduate committees and was an invited
representative for the American Institute of
Biological Sciences Congressional Visits Day to inform
Congress on the research and education importance
of Field Stations in the United States. For the past 7
years, he served as a nationally selected member of
the Science Review Panel, evaluating environmental
studies associated with a $1 Billion interbasin water
transfer project in Texas.

January 2010

Zafar Adeel
Director, Institute for Water, Environment & Health, United Nations University

Dr. Zafar Adeel has experience in a variety of water and environmental issues,
including monitoring and control of water pollution, water management in dry
areas, solutions to industrial environmental problems, modeling of environmental
systems and environmental policy formulation. He is also keenly involved in
development of and liaison with international networks of water experts. For
the 2010-2011 period, he will serve as the Chair of UN-Water – a body that
coordinates work on water of 26 UN organizations. He serves as Director at
UNU-INWEH, where he has the overall responsibility for the direction, organization, administration and programmes of the institute. Dr. Adeel is an environmental
engineer with post-graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Iowa
State University.

December 2009

DEREJE BIRUK GEBREMEDHIN
Team Leader, CIDA Project, Ethiopia

Gebremedhin is currently a national team leader in the Sustainable Water
Harvesting and Institutional Strengthening (SWHISA) Project, in the Amhara
Region of Ethiopia. The project is funded by CIDA, and managed by HYDROSult Inc.
of Canada. It focuses on building capacity of farmers and their institutions as
well as those government agencies that work with farmers in the use of water
for Irrigation for the ultimate goal of food security of poor farmers in selected
districts of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Previously Mr. Dereje was head of
the Bureau of Agriculture, and later on General Manager of the Environment
Protection, Land Administration and Use Authority of the Amhara Region of
Ethiopia. He holds an MSc in Agronomy from Free State University, South Africa.
He has wide experience in Agricultural Development, Food Security, Environment,
as well as in small scale water harvesting.

November 2009

Mr. Oded Distel, Director of – ISRAEL NEWTECH
2006 – Director of – ISRAEL NEWTECH
the National Water Technology Program
Investment Promotion Center
Foreign Trade Administration,
Ministry of Industry Trade & Labor State of Israe

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Major Achievements:

Creating a long term vision and working plane, that is well accepted
by the government, the private sector and the academia

Positioning Israel as a source for creative and innovative technologies
Establish cooperation with large multinationals like: GE and Siemens and
with the water utility companies of Madrid, Beijing and Singapore.

2003 – Director of International Investments
Investment Promotion Center

Foreign Trade Administration,
Ministry of Industry Trade & Labor State of Israel Academic: 2004-2006 M.B.A in Business .The School for Business Administration Tel-Aviv
1989-1993 B.A. in Business .The School for Business Administration Tel-Aviv
Major in Marketing

“Appel” computers
Creating a long term vision and working plane, that is well accepted by the government, the private sector and the academia

October 2009

CHARLES CHAUMIN, PRESIDENT OF SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT ASIA

Charles Chaumin has been appointed President of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
Asia and member of the Executive Committee. Based at SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Asia
Headquarters in Hong Kong, he will supervise SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s operations
and business lines development in the region.

Charles Chaumin started his career in the SUEZ group in 1980 as Branch Director f
or SAFEGE, a consulting engineering company. From 1993 to 1998, he assumed the responsibility of Deputy Managing Director of Aguas Argentina. In 2002, he became
Vice Managing Director for SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT in South America. From 2005 to
2009, Charles Chaumin has been CEO of Ondeo Industrial Solutions, the European leader
for industrial water.

Backed by a large International and European experience, Charles Chaumin
has shown exceptional entrepreneurial and managerial talent and is a graduate
from Ecole Polytechnique and has an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale
des Ponts et Chaussées.

Charles Chaumin succeeds Erik de Muynck as President of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Asia.

September 2009

YBhg. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail

One of the very few Malay entrepreneurs to champion conglomerates in leading
position in several industries, YBhg. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail has set an example of
personal and professional achievement for entrepreneurs, particularly in water
and wastewater management in the country. Founder of Puncak Niaga Sdn. Bhd
in 1997, Tan Sri Rozali has used his position as the Executive Chairman to campaign
tirelessly for the preservation of water resources environment and the need to
educate the public on pollution prevention, preservation and conservation.

A lawyer by qualification, Tan Sri Rozali began his career as a Legal Advisor with
the Urban Development Authority (UDA) before joining Bank Islam (M) Berhad in
1987.Often a pioneer in his profession, Tan Sri Rozali conceptualized the first
institution of Islamic banking in Malaysia while in office. In 1987 Tan Sri Rozali
progressed further in his legal capacity to drive his own legal practice as an
Advocate and Solicitor for seven years specializing in corporate, property and banking f
ield.

Tan Sri’s Rozali’s passion for entrepreneurialship led him to embark further into
property development sector in the Klang Valley, Kuantan and Johor. Under the
banner of Puncak Alam Housing Sdn Bhd, a family owned company, Tan Sri Rozali
developed a new township named Bandar Baru Puncak Alam.

Following the accomplishments under his belt, Tan Sri Rozali was entrusted by the
Selangor State Government through PNSB, to manage the water treatment plants
for the whole of the State of Selangor Darul Ehsan and the Federal Territory of
Kuala Lumpur. PNHB was subsequently incorporated in 1997 as the holding company
of PNSB and was listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in July 1997.

In recognition of his remarkable contributions in championing management excellence
and best practices in the Malaysian water and wastewater industry, Tan Sri Rozali
has received many honours and awards. Among them include the prestigious Asia
Water Management Excellence Award 2002 – Individual Award by the Regional Institute
of Environmental Technology and prior to that, in 2001, Tan Sri Rozali was conferred the Fellowship Award by the Institute of Marketing (IMM). Nominated twice for the Ernst
and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Master Entrepreneur Category) in 2003 and 2004,
Tan Sri continues to receive recognition for his outstanding entrepreneurship, leadership
and achievements in the water industry when recently SMI Association of Malaysia
conferred the SME Platinum Award 2007 to Tan Sri Rozali on November 30th , 2007.

While Tan Sri Rozali’s colourful reputation stemmed from his engagement in diverse
field primarily water and wastewater industries, Tan Sri Rozali is also highly
acknowledged on the academic front. Tan Sri Rozali was recently named the
Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia for a term of 3 years from July 2007
to June 2010. Prior to this, Tan Sri was already involved with Universiti Malaya
as the Advisor to the Business and Accounting Faculty as well as made the
Board of Director of Universiti Utara Malaysia in 2004. Tan Sri Rozali was also
awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Complementary Medicines (Humanity Services)
by the Open International University Colombo Sri Lanka for his endless contributions
in humanitarian activities.

Tan Sri Rozali is also highly active in various influential government and non-governmental associations. His work has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the country.
Tan Sri Rozali has served as President, Committee Members and Life Member for 17
associations and this include President of Malay Chamber of Commerce 2004/2008
Session, Member of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High
Technology (MIGHT), re-elected President of DPMMS for 2007/2010 Session,
Life Member of Gabungan Ikhtisas dan Usahawan Bumiputera Anak Selangor just
to name a few. On the onset of the critical issue of the management and sustainability
of water supply and wastewater management in the Klang Valley, Tan Sri Rozali
formed the Water Association of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (SWAn) and,
he was elected as the President of SWAn for 2007/2009 Session. His objectives are
obvious in addressing the water woes relating to the preservation of resources amid
pollutions and degradation of the water resources.

Executive Chairman to PNHB and Syabas, and major shareholders of two listed
companies namely TRIplc Berhad and WWE Holding Bhd, Tan Sri Rozali takes pride
in the environment and social responsibilities and this is reflected in his achievements
thus far.

August 2009

Maude Barlow

Anti-free-trade activist Maude Barlow has been called “the Ralph Nader of Canada,”
and the description is more than apt. She chairs the Council of Canadians, a
Nader-inspired organization that Canada’s National Post has called that country’s
“local command post” for the anti-food-technology movement. Under Barlow’s
leadership, the Council has run successful scare campaigns convincing Canada’s
Liberal government to prohibit the use of bovine growth hormone (BGH) in beef
and dairy cattle, and (until recently) to heavily regulate genetically improved foods.

Barlow has been a vocal opponent of free-trade agreements between the
United States and Canada, holding positions that put her in line with modern
socialists. Complaining to Canadian newsweekly Maclean’s that “governments
are now saying everything should be on the open market,” she defiantly
declared that she and her organization “have decided that is not going to happen.”

In her book Global Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting Global
Corporate Rule, Maude Barlow emerged as a big-time international rabble-rouser;
she makes prominent appearances at just about every major protest event on
the World Bank/WTO calendar. In an April 2001 address to demonstrators in
Quebec City, Barlow even defended vandalism and property destruction,
saying that “the real violence lies behind that wall, with the 34 political leaders
and their spin doctors and their corporate friends who bought their way in.”

Background Chairperson, The Council of Canadians; Director, International Forum on
Globalization; Author, Global Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting
Global Corporate Rule

July 2009

Joseph E. Zuback

Joseph E. Zuback is the President and Founder of Global Water Advisors, Inc.,
a firm that specializes in providing support to global water managers, solution
providers, and investors regarding the performance, development, and
commercialization of advanced water technology products and systems

Mr. Zuback’s thirty-five years experience in the water industry spans the
spectrum of municipal, industrial, commercial, and residential water and
wastewater treatment markets around the world. He retired at the end of
2008 from Siemens Water Technologies Corp. where he served as Chief Technology
Officer, Senior Vice President, and a member of the Executive Council management
team. His responsibilities included senior management direction of new product
rationalization and development processes, intellectual property management,
technology risk assessment, new venture commercialization strategies, and
coordination with Siemens’ global network of water technology partners. During
his Siemens tenure, Mr. Zuback served as Siemens’ chief water technology spokesman
at numerous global water policy and technology conferences and panels.

A graduate of Purdue University, Mr. Zuback holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Chemical Engineering and has been a licensed General Engineering
Contractor in the State of California for 20 years. He currently serves as a
board member for the Water Environment Research Foundation and was a
member of the International Advisory Panel for Singapore’s Environment & Water
Industry Development Council from 2006 to 2008. He has also served on the
Advisory Board for the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department for the
University of California in Riverside and as an advisor to the US Strategic Water
Initiative under the auspices of the University of Illinois and WATERCAMPwS.

June 2009

Len C. Rodman
Chairman,Black & Veatch

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

Prize ( 1st rank ), State Education Commission “ RPersonal

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 esearch 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

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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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March 2007

Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department

John Renfrow, Director

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

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.