John Kingsbury, Executive Director of Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA), will speak at our Chapter Dinner Meeting on November 20th.

The MCWRA advocates for the water interests of its members in all or a portion of 15 of the 58 California counties from the southern tip of Lassen County down to Fresno. John has been the Executive Director since March, 2011.

John has been in the water business for the past 25 years. Throughout his career, he has worked with statewide and regional organizations that monitor and influence regulatory and legislative matters of critical interest to the water purveyors and participated on various regional and statewide committees.

Prior to MCWRA, John worked for 10 1/2 years at the Placer County Water Agency located in Placer County as the Director of Customer Services and was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the 29 member Water System’s Customer Services Department. Prior to working at Placer County Water Agency, John worked in El Dorado County for 12 1/2 years at the El Dorado Irrigation District as the Customer Services Manager responsible for planning, organizing and directing the Water System’s Customer Services Department.

Since 1979, John has lived in the Sierra Nevada Foothill community of Placerville, which is located in El Dorado County, 40 miles northeast of Sacramento.

John will review current water issues relevant to our area and the State as a whole including:

• Water Bond status and prospects for implementation
• Projects likely to come out of the current or revised Water Bond
• State of the Mountain Counties Water Agencies – region-wide issues and needs.
• Bay Delta Water issues and how the current plan may affect local water rights and uses

Don’t miss this opportunity to review current issues that are relevant and important to us and to our clients.