[Water_news] 5. DWR'S CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS: AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, PEOPLE - 6/13/07

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June 13, 2007

 

5. Agencies, Programs, People -

 

 

Press Release

California Urban Water Conservation Council:

New Executive Director chosen to lead California Urban Water Conservation Council

Chris Brown, nation’s leading carwash expert, has accepted position with California Urban Water Conservation Council.

 

SACRAMENTO, CA—The California Urban Water Conservation Council has hired Chris Brown of San Antonio-based Chris Brown Consulting as its new Executive Director.  Brown will begin work at the Council’s office in Sacramento on July 9, 2007. 

 

Brown’s experience authoring water conservation programs ranges from the local level to the federal government.  In addition to developing conservation and drought contingency plans for several Texan cities, he has worked with the San Antonio Water System to design the state’s first comprehensive Commercial, Industrial and Institutional water conservation program. 

 

Among his groundbreaking collaborative accomplishments in Texas are the design of the Texas Water Development Board’s Best Management Practices Guidelines Manual, and the elevation of the Conservation Division to Department status at the San Antonio Water System.  Brown has also contributed to creating environmental awareness programs throughout the Southwest and directed public interest campaigns on water conservation. 

 

Brown brings to the Council an extensive background in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, as well as finely-honed leadership, advocacy and facilitation skills. 

 

He has also written and presented several professional papers at national and international conferences on topics ranging from carwash system water use reports to drought and conservation plans and ordinances. 

 

The California Urban Water Conservation Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing water efficiency in the state of California, and is comprised of water suppliers, public interest groups and other stakeholders.  #

 

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