ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEW
FROM THE
RMWEA President
Ceila Rethamel
ONE WATER. THOSE TWO
words can insight robust discus-sions
and is probably one of the
hotter topics in the industry right now (I
almost wrote “water and wastewater”).
A Google search of “One Water” returns
8,280,000,000 results in 0.63 seconds, a
clear indicator of how important and
prominent this concept has become.
In fact, in 2015 the Value of Water Cam-paign
was started by several organiza-tions
that were trying to impress how
vital water is. According to the Value
of Water website, “The Value of Water
Campaign educates and inspires the
nation about how water is essential,
invaluable, and in need of investment.
Spearheaded by top leaders in the
water industry, the Value of Water Cam-paign
is building public and political
will for investment in America’s water
infrastructure.”
It recently came out with a three-year
progress report highlighting the chang-es
that have already taken place. The
report is available on its website and
shows how using one voice can be a
powerful motivator for change.
If you work in our industry and need
help to get your community, your cli-ents,
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or your congressional leaders to
understand the value of their water
infrastructure, then check out the Value
of Water Campaign website at www.
thevalueofwater.org. There are tools,
resources, and research-backed mes-sages
that are available to any water
provider. Read the progress report; then
decide how your company can be part
of this movement.
Radhika Fox, Chief Executive Officer
of the US Water Alliance, states in the
preface to the progress report, “We set
aside our individual policy positions or
differences of opinions, and spoke with
one voice on the value of water.”
If there is anything to gain in discus-sions
about One Water, it’s how we
work together to leverage our skills and
expertise to continue in building the
will to invest in our infrastructure that
brings life-sustaining services to our
nation.
VOL. 55 NO. 60 June 2019
A JOINT PUBLICATION OF
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION of the
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
& ROCKY MOUNTAIN
WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
Publications Committee Chair
LACEY WILLIAMS
lwilliams@rasinc.org
Editor
LAURA HIGH
lehigh61@msn.com
Hot Topics
LACEY WILLIAMS
lwilliams@rasinc.org
Management Pipeline
BLAIR CORNING
bcorning@englewoodco.gov
Miscellaneous
SERENA HENDON
shendon@montgomerylittle.com
Operations
STEPHANIE LUCE
stephanie.luce@lrewater.com
Science, Research &
Technology (SRT)
RICK HUGGINS
rickh@sgm-inc.com
Wastewater
ANGELA KANA-VEYDOVEC
akana-veydovec@martinmartin.com
Water
Column Coordinator Needed
Rocky Mountain Water YPs
MICHELLE MILLER
michelle.miller2@tetratech.com
E-blast Editors
HANNAH WILNER
hwilner@carollo.com
KERRY PETRIE
kpetrie@cityofgolden.net
Ceila Rethamel is the 2018–2019 RMWEA President. She is the Wastewater
Superintendent at the City of Westminster where she manages the wastewater
maintenance program and is the Operator in Responsible Charge of 420 miles of
collection piping. She also manages the reclaimed operations program and the
infrastructure asset management program for the Public Works & Utilities Department
at the City.
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