Water Distribution

Committee Purpose:

Provide information to personnel responsible for water distribution systems that will help them avoid acute and chronic delivery problems and to maintain water quality in the system. 

Responsibilities:

  • To advance and disseminate knowledge and information regarding design, operation and maintenance of water distribution systems.
  • To help the water industry focus on water quality in the distribution system.
  • Contribute articles to Rumbles.
  • Hold at least one training event annually.
  • Coordinate with the Awards Committee to review applications and select a winner for the Outstanding Distribution System Operator Award. 
Committee Members:
 
Chair
Vice Chair
Tom Ries
Manager of Transmission and Distribution
Aurora Water
303-326-8118
 
Secretary
Brad Brooks
Manager of Operations & Maintenance
City of Cheyenne BOPU
307-637-6417
 
Steve Price
Principal Engineer
AECOM
303-542-4726
 
Ryan Duve
Senior Engineer
Lidstone & Associates
970-223-4705
 
Board Liaison
Mike Berry
Tri-County Water Conservancy District
970-249-3369
 
Christian "Kit" Badger
Project Engineer
Bates Engineering
303-980-8562
 
Mike Middleton
Engineer
URS Corporation
303-740-2720
 
Xuehau Bai
Engineer
Farnsworth Group
303-692-8838
 
Tom Oberheide
Engineer
Leonard Rice Engineers
303-455-9589
 
Ray Olson
Utilities Operation Manager
Town of Castle Rock
720-733-6409
 
Joel Zdechlik
System Operations Supervisor
Denver Water
303-628-6291
 
Matt Turney
Senior Project Engineer
Denver Water
303-628-6523
 
Cal Van Zee
City of Laramie
307-721-5206 
 
 
 

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