10 Minutes With Interview Archive

April 17, 2013

Adel Hagekhalil
The assistant director of the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation talks about stormwater management, aging infrastructure, and the revitalization of the Los Angeles River.

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March 19, 2013

Harlan Kelly Jr.

The general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission talks about his career and the commission's Water System Improvement Program.

March 5, 2013

Jerry Brown
The general manager of the Contra Costa Water District in Northern California talks about a Delta solution and the expansion of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir.

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Feb. 12, 2013

Stan Dean

The district engineer for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District and Sacramento Area Sewer District talks about the district's NPDES permit and trends in the wastewater industry.

Oct. 30, 2012

John Rossi
The general manager of the Western Municipal Water District talks about the "new water ethic," the Chino desalter project and the water-energy-economy nexus.

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July 24, 2012

Marsi Steirer

The deputy director for the City of San Diego's Public Utilities Department talks about the challenges and successes of recycled drinking water and where water resources management is headed.

May 22, 2012

John Cherry
The world-renowned groundwater expert received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Battelle's 8th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds.

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May 15, 2012

Pamela Creedon

The executive officer of the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board talks about how California's diverse water stakeholders can work together better.

April 17, 2012

Tony Parrott
The executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District discusses the district's wet weather program and the challenges facing water and wastewater utilities.

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March 27, 2012

Ned Breslin

The CEO of Water For People discusses the organization's mission, its Everyone Forever campaign and some of its game-changing policies that have proved successful.

Feb. 29, 2012

Dean Marriott
The director of the Portland, Ore., Bureau of Environmental Services talks about his career and the city's 20-year CSO Abatement Program.

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Feb. 22, 2012

Dave Williams

The director of wastewater for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland, Calif., and president of NACWA, talks to BC Water News on the eve of NACWA's annual Winter Conference.

Feb. 1, 2012

Dave Smith
The managing director of WateReuse California talks about how the organization has evolved, where it's headed and the challenges both it and the industry face.

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Jan. 10, 2012

Jim Beck

The general manager of the Kern County Water Agency in California talks to Cindy Paulson, editor of BC's California Water News, about the agency and its 50-year history.

Nov. 30, 2011

Jim Lochhead
Denver Water CEO/Manager talks about providing water consistently in a world that's always changing and what drives him to be the best.

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Nov. 9, 2011

Byron Buck

The executive director of the State and Federal Contractors Water Agency Executive talks about California water policy and the future of water in the state.

Oct. 11, 2011

Richard Griswold
Destin Water Users general manager talks about numeric nutrient criteria in Florida and the implications of the criteria proposed by the EPA.

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Oct. 4, 2011

Wade Miller

Executive director of the WateReuse Association and WateReuse Research Foundation talks about the association's role in advocating "the right water for the right use."

Sept. 27, 2011

Kevin McCray
The executive director of the National Ground Water Association talks about how the groundwater industry is weathering the current economic climate.

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Sept. 20, 2011

Drew Bartlett

The director of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration talks about proposed numeric nutrient criteria.

Aug. 24, 2011

Mark Maryboy
The Navajo Nation representative in Utah discusses the tribe's long-range water plans and efforts to designate Cedar Mesa as a National Conservation Area.

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July 12, 2011

Robert Moore
The former chief administrative officer for the Metropolitan District of Hartford, Conn., talks about new water industry professionals and the challenge of securing water sources.

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June 7, 2011

Steve Maxwell
The founder of TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group explains why awareness of the challenges the water industry faces is so important, and why everyone is clamoring to get into the business.

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May 10, 2011

Ben Grumbles
The director of the Clean Water America Alliance talks about his new position, the agency's "Managing One Water" initiative, and the inaugural 2011 U.S. Water Prize.

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April 12, 2011

Benjamin Montoya

The highly decorated military engineer and Brown and Caldwell board member was awarded the Golden Eagle Award for his contributions to the engineering profession.

Jan. 10, 2011

Paul Steinbrecher
The president of the Florida Water Environment Association Utility Council talks about how Florida's Numeric Nutrient Criteria would affect wastewater and reclaimed water utilities.

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Nov. 15, 2010

Howard Neukrug
The chairman of the Clean Water America Alliance's Urban Water Sustainability Council talks about the critical issues facing the
2-year-old group.

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Oct. 25, 2010

Ken Kirk
The executive director of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies talks about how utilities can narrow the gap between tighter budgets and tightening regulations.

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Oct. 5, 2010

Glenn Reinhardt
In this WEFTEC 2010 Special Edition, the executive director of the Water Environment Research Foundation talks about the most critical issues facing the foundation.

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Sept. 15, 2010

WASTECON 2010
Hank Van Laarhoven and Virginia Valiela, directors of the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District, discuss their careers in the solid waste industry.

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Aug. 18, 2010

Sen. Patty Murray
The senior U.S. senator from Washington talks about the federal role in water and wastewater infrastructure improvements and how it relates to Washington state.

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July 26, 2010

Alan Oyler
The Public Works director for the City of Orlando talks about the challenges his agency faces in implementing new rules about nutrient levels in Florida waterways.

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July 19, 2010

Dan Duchniak
The general manager of the Waukesha (Wis.) Water Utility talks about challenges facing water utilities, as well as the city's search for a long-term water supply.

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June 23, 2010

Julie Labonte
Director of the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's Hetch Hetchy Water System Improvement Program talks about the challenges the project faces.

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June 16, 2010

Robert Borden
The professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at North Carolina State University is an international leader in bioremediation technologies.

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June 9, 2010

Kevin Cowan
The district manager of the North Davis Sewer District in Syracuse, Utah, oversees a district that provides servies to 195,000 people in seven communities north of Salt Lake City.

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May 10, 2010

Beth Kang
The executive director of the California-Nevada Section
of AWWA develops drinking water industry guidelines, standards, procedures, professional training and certification programs.

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April 28, 2010

Mike Strub
The former Public Works Director in Rapid City, S.D.,
Mike has been the Executive Director of the LOTT Alliance
in Olympia, Wash., since 2002.

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March 24, 2010

Joel Komarek
A graduate of Portland State University in civil engineering,
Joel is the Project Director of the Lake Oswego-Tigard Water Supply Expansion Project in Oregon.

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Feb. 8, 2010

William Conrad
A Certified Professional in Range Management, William
is the Division Manager of Wildland Conservation for the
Austin Water Utility in Texas.

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Feb. 1, 2010

Kevin Shafer
Kevin is Executive Director at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and serves as the president of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.

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Jan. 25, 2010

Wenonah Hauter
Experienced in developing policy positions and legislative strategies, Wenonah is Executive Director of Food & Water
Watch in Washington, D.C.

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Jan. 13, 2010

Mike Kuenzi
The director of Water Environment Services in Clackamas
County, Ore., has more than 25 years of experience
in environmental and sanitary engineering.

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Nov. 18, 2009

Tom Barry
The director of Public Works for the City of Meridian, Idaho,
has three master's degrees in environmental hydrogeology, business management and public administration.

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Oct. 28, 2009

Christie True
The director of the King County (Wash.) Wastewater Treatment Division previously served as the manager of the division's
Major Capital Improvement Program.

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