MWD GM Adel Hagekhalil & Tetra Tech’s Brian Jordan on the Colorado River’s Place in Southern California’s Water Mix in 2023 and Beyond
Submitted on January 17, 2023 - 1pmIssue:
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MWD General Manager Adel Hagekhalil on Rewriting SoCal’s Water Management Playbook
Submitted on May 11, 2022 - 1pmIssue:
With the Metropolitan Water District and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power announcing mandatory cutbacks to some parts of Southern California come June 1, VX News interviews General Manager Adel Hagekhalil who discusses the necessity of developing new tools and innovation for enhancing local water supply and management strategies adaptable to conditions wrought by the climate crisis.
OC SAN Board Chair John Withers on the Business Case for Water Infrastructure
Submitted on August 10, 2021 - 6pm
With severe drought gripping California and the Western US, TPR interviews OC Sanitation District’s new Board Chair, John Withers to afford the latter a platform to elaborate on Orange County’s reputation as global leader in water recycling and prudent steward of public resources and investment.
Jack Baylis: A How to Guide for Capturing LA’s Wet Weather in a Changing Climate
Submitted on May 6, 2019 - 1pmIssue:
Veteran water maven Jack Baylis assesses how Southern California can use existing infrastructure to capture water when the region gets wet weather.
Incoming NACWA President Adel Hagekhalil Outlines Plans for the Organization
Submitted on July 27, 2015 - 3pmIssue:
City of LA Bureau of Sanitation Assistant Director Adel Hagekhalil recently became president of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. VX News presents remarks he made in Rhode Island as he assumed the new position, expressing thanks and outlining his main objectives for NACWA going forward.
Optimism Trumps Reality: Gold Lauds LA City’s Sustainability Plan
Submitted on July 28, 2015 - 1pmIssue:
In early April, Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled the City of Los Angeles’s first-ever sustainability plan. Here VX News offers commentary from Mark Gold, Acting Director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and a VerdeXchange Conference speaker. Gold helped craft the plan and offers his perspective on its goals ranging from water to greenhouse-gas emission reduction. This comes just days after the UCLA IOE gave LA County a C+ on its environmental report card. The Sustainable City pLAn is excerpted here, as well.
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Welcomes ‘One Water’ Leadership Summit to Los Angeles, California
Submitted on July 28, 2015 - 1pmIssue:
On September 23, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti welcomed visitors and participants to the One Water Leadership Summit, hosted by the US Water Alliance in Downtown Los Angeles. The One Water approach to water management aims to eliminate the departmental silos that discourage recycling of properly treated waste, storm, and potable water worldwide. It is a holistic approach to managing the resource. Mayor Garcetti highlights the progress LA and other California jurisdictions have made through investment in waste and stormwater infrastructure and green streets as his emphasis on the need for further action. VerdeXchange News presents the following edited transcript of the mayor’s summit remarks.