Greg Bundesen and Marian Bender
Ratepayers Get their Hands Dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Greg Bundesen is Water Conservation Supervisor at Sacramento
Suburban Water District. He began his water industry career at North
Marin Water District delivering water conservation kits to the City of
Novato. Prior to his current position, he worked in water conservation at California American
Water. Marian Bender has been helping citizens take action to protect the environment for 15
years through leadership positions at Friends of the River, Minnesota Waters, Sacramento Tree
Foundation, and EcoLandscape California.
David K. Clark
Seismic Preparation at the Wholesale Level:
MWD’s Integrated Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
David K. Clark is responsible for managing engineering’s planning activities at
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He manages the seismic
upgrade of Metropolitan’s Union Station Headquarters Building and helps lead the Seismic
Resilient Water Supply Task Force.
Craig A. Davis
Seismic Preparation at the Retail Level:
LADWP’s Seismic Resilience Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Craig A Davis is the Water System Resilience Program Manager for the Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power Water System.
Joy Eldredge
ANSI/NSF Standard 61 Finally Finalized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Joy Elredge is City of Napa water general manager and chair of the CA-NV
AWWA Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Standard 61.
Alexander Leff
TCP—Should you Litigate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Alexander Leff is co-founder of San Francisco-based SL Environmental Law
Group, which specializes in working with public sector clients.
8 SOURCE fall 2017
Sean Pour, Dawn Guendert and Steve Wagner
Ring in the New: Data-Driven Decision-Making . . . . 28
Sean Pour is Asset Management Specialist at Hazen and
Sawyer where he has made significant advancement toward
developing and implementing new asset management
methodologies for asset conditions, risk assessment, and long-range
R&R. Dawn Guendert is an asset management team leader at Hazen and Sawyer with
experience ranging from gap analysis to prioritization of long-range funding. Steve Wagner is
General Manager of the Goleta Sanitary District.
Richard Relyea and Mark Carey
Importance of Customer Water Meter Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Richard Relyea is an associate engineer with MC Engineering and a
member of the CA-NV AWWA Water Loss Control Collaborative and
Water Loss Control Water Meter committees. Mark Carey is principal
engineer at MC Engineering, Inc.
Elisa Speranza
Our Common Water Destiny: The Importance of Collaborative
Leadership in Building a Sustainable Water Future For All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Elisa Speranza is president of Seventh Ward Strategies, LLC and a Senior Fellow
of the U.S .Water Alliance. This article was adapted from a Keynote Speech for the
CA-NV AWWA April 11, 2017 Annual Spring Conference.
Mark Sprague
AMI and Water Loss Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mark Sprague is Field Services Manager for the City of Fountain Valley.
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