José Ramirez is a Senior Civil Engineer with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San). He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Sacramento State University and is a registered Civil Engineer in the State of California. He has over 20 years of experience in the planning, design, and construction of water supply and wastewater facilities. He is currently managing the Water Recycling Program for Regional San. His work focuses on expanding the capacity of this program to achieve a goal of reusing 3040 MGD of recycled water over the next two decades in Regional San’s area. His presentation will focus on South County Ag Program. The South County Ag Program proposes to use tertiary treated recycled water to irrigate allowed crops (e.g. alfalfa, irrigated pastures, etc.) on permanent agriculture lands and habitat mitigation lands through new recycled water transmission and distribution systems.
At our May meeting Matt Machado, the Public Works Director for Stanislaus County, gave a talk about transportation funding and upcoming projects. His talk included a detailed overview of the structure and funding of Measure L, the transportation funding measure passed by Stanislaus County voters last year. He also discussed his preferred solutions for public transportation funding moving forward.
