ABOUT THE COVER
Aerial photo of San Andreas
Fault looking northwest onto
the Carrizo Plain with Soda
Lake visible at the upper left.
credit: John L. Wiley
http://flickr.com/jw4pix
modified cover art by Aude Cabaldon
FEATURES
CONTENTS
Keeping the Water Flowing: Seismic Resiliency Along the San Andreas Fault
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22 Seismic Prep at the
Retail Level: LADWP’s
Water System Seismic
Resilience Program
By Craig A. Davis
25 Seismic Prep at the
Wholesale Level:
MWD’s Integrated
Program
By David K. Clark
20 Multi-Agency Collab
Takes Aim at Safeguarding
Water Delivery
By Craig Davis, David Clark and David Rennie
6 FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Remembering Linda Contreras
By Timothy Worley
9 SECTION NEWS
The Water Industry Loses Empathic
Leader and Stalwart Friend
By Kate Nutting
10 CA/NV AWWA Volunteers Make a
Difference in the Salinas Valley
By Tarrah Henrie
13 DRIPS & DROPLETS
Regulatory Update: State and
Federal Regulators on the Move
15 HEADS UP
The Long Winding Road to Safe and
Affordable Drinking Water
By Rosalie Thompson
17 OPERATIONS
ANSI/NSF Standard 61 Finally Finalized
By Joy Eldredge
18 Tyson Neely Appointed to SWRCB
Wastewater Operator Certification
Program
19 WES South Draws More Than 700
33 Importance of Customer
Water Meter Accuracy
By Richard Relyea and Mark Carey
36 AMI and Water Loss Control
By Mark Sprague
37 MANAGER’S CORNER
TCP—Should You Litigate?
By Alexander Leff
40 SPEAKING OUT
Our Common Water Destiny:
The Importance of Collaborative
Leadership in Building a Sustainable
Water Future For All
By Elisa M. Speranza
42 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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DEPARTMENTS
28 Ring in the New:
Data-Driven
Decision-Making
By Sean Pour, Dawn Guendert
and Steve Wagner
30 Ratepayers
Get Their
Hands Dirty
By Greg Bundesen and
Marian Bender
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