Current Activities
TOURS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Conner and Southern California Area Manager Bill Steele visited West Basin's water purification facilities on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Pictured left at the Water Education Center and Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Facility in Redondo Beach, CA, with West Basin General Manager Rich Nagel.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Australian Government
West Basin hosted the U.S. EPA and members of the Australian Government to its ocean-water desalination facility in Redondo Beach and the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo on December 6, 2010. The tour was facilitated by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and also included a visit to the City of San Diego's North City Reclamation Facility and Orange County's Groundwater Replenishment System. Guests were provided with an update on Bay Delta and Colorado River issues. Guests included:
US Environmental Protection Agency
• Pete Silva, Assistant Administrator for Water
• Michelle De Pass, Assistant Administrator for International & Tribal Affairs (San Diego only)
• Katherine Buckley, Program Manager, Asia Pacific Group, Office of International & Tribal Affairs
Australian Government
• James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts
• Kerry Smith, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, DSEWPaC
• Paul Marsh, Director, Aquatic Ecosystem Policy Section, DSEWPaC
• Bill Young, Director of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, CSIRO
• Rob Vertessy, Deputy Director, Bureau of Meteorology