Tom Kula, Executive Director & General Manager of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) With an annual operations and capital budget of more than $500 million, NTMWD provides drinking water treatment and delivery, wastewater collection and treatment and solid waste services for a population of 1.7 million people in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. NTMWD operates one of the nation’s largest advanced water treatment plants at Wylie, TX, with a capacity
Author: Todd Votteler
Todd Votteler is President of Collaborative Water Resolution LLC and Water Opinions LLC. He is the Editor-in-Chief as well as a co-founder of both the Texas Water Journal, and Texas+Water. Todd has 30 years of experience in Texas water resources management, policy, dispute resolution, and science. Votteler served as Special Master during the Edwards Aquifer Endangered Species Act litigation, Sierra Club v Babbitt et al. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources from The University of the South, an M.S. in Natural Resources from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Texas State University.
q&a+water: Michael Watkins
Michael Watkins, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Vice President of the California Institute of Technology Located in Pasadena, California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a unique national research facility that carries out robotic space and Earth science missions. Michael M. Watkins became Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on July 1, 2016. In this role he also serves as a vice president of the California Institute of Technology, which staffs and manages JPL
q&a+water: Peter Lake
Peter Lake, Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board What are your priorities as Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board? I was extremely honored when Governor Abbott designated me Chairman earlier this year. It’s a privilege to work each day with a tremendously talented and dedicated team to accomplish a mission that is vital to this state. The TWDB has set a new standard for excellence since the launch of the
q&a+water: Anne Idsal
Anne Idsal, EPA Administrator – Region 6 What are your priorities as US EPA Administrator for Region 6 with regard to water? EPA Region 6 has a very diverse set of waterways and water priorities within and among our five states. Under Administrator Pruitt’s leadership, we are working to prioritize clean drinking water and safe waste water for the states in a way that addresses their individual priorities and goals. EPA looks forward to working