Dam at Diamond Valley Lake to Be Named in Honor of Don Owen, Water Visionary, Leader, Engineer.
WHAT: Invitation-only event dedicating the West Dam at Diamond Valley
Lake, Southern California's largest drinking water reservoir,
in honor of the late Don Owen, a Southern California water
pioneer. News media is invited to the festivities, which
include unveiling of a bronze plaque by Metropolitan Water
District Chairman Phillip J. Pace.
WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30
WHERE: Diamond Valley Lake Viewpoint, entrance at Winchester Road
(Highway 79) and Construction Road (Riverside County Thomas
Guide Page 869, F-3)
WHO: Metropolitan Chairman Pace; John V. Foley, MWD director
representing Municipal Water District of Orange County; Ronald
R. Gastelum, Metropolitan chief executive officer; Tim Owen,
family spokesman; Metropolitan board members; and Southern
California water leaders
BACKGROUND:
Don Owen, 1930-2003, was a visionary water supply leader for
Southern California, serving on Metropolitan's board of
directors for seven years. He served 10 years as general
manager of Orange County Water District, conceptualizing and
building Water Factory 21, a cutting-edge water treatment and
groundwater recharge facility. Previously, he had worked for
10 years as an engineer with the California Department of Water
Resources; after leaving OCWD, he operated a Newport Beach
consulting firm for 30 years.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". is a cooperative cooperative Organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services. Cooperatives have been successful in such fields as the processing and marketing of farm products and the purchasing of other kinds of equipment and raw materials, and in the of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. and Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , storage and other resource-management programs. Note: Digital photo available upon by request. |
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