Seal Rock Water District Commissioner Position 2
Special districts in Oregon are formed to provide specific local government needs. They are created by a vote of the people in the local area being served. Examples include people’s utility districts, library districts, water districts, fire protection districts, and more. They are governed by a board of directors, which is responsible for management and financial accountability. Special districts are empowered to levy any necessary taxes and fees to fulfill their mandate. Board members are not paid but may receive a per diem reimbursement.Water districts are responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure necessary to deliver potable water to homes and businesses in their service area. The board manages the budget and administers personnel.Qualifications: If the district has 100 or more voters, a candidate must be a registered voter in the district and a landowner in the district. ORS 264.410Term: 4 years
What do you see as the main challenges facing the District today, and how would you address them?
What skills and training would you bring to the board?
How could the District improve its water conservation practices?
Town Where You Live
SEAL ROCK
Your Experience/Qualifications
32 years as a Water Treatment Plant Operator and Superintendent
County
OR
Term
4 Year
The most critical long term challenge is that Seal Rock will be on the front line when the subduction zone earthquake happens and will need to have hardened infrastructure in place so as to provide safe, clean potable water to the citizens and emergency responders in the weeks and months following that event.
I was one of the people working on hardening the water system infrastructure when I retired from the City of Forest Grove and would bring that knowledge and experience to the Seal Rock Water District.
I was the Lead Operator and then Superintendent for the City of Forest Grove Water Treatment Plant which is the second oldest water treatment plant in Oregon.
I was the Water/Wastewater Utility Operator for the City of Thorne Bay, Alaska.
I was a member of both the Operations and Water Quality committees for the Joint Water Commission which is responsible for the largest water treatment plant in the state of Oregon.
I was a member of the Tualatin River Flow Management Technical Committee.
I bring more than 30 years of experience in water treatment and distribution system operation. I have worked on small to moderate sized systems and worked on the committees working for the commission that operated largest treatment plant in Oregon.
A water districts primary responsibility in the area of water conservation is to eliminate it's own waste by keeping the distribution system healthy by replacing worn pipes, finding any leaks, and rotating meters in a timely manner.
A leak of one gallon per minute equals more than forty thousand gallons of water per month; so a small leak in the distribution system can easily account for millions of gallons of treated water being wasted every month and tens of millions of gallons in a year.
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