Cheryl MacKelvie

CASA LEAD (Leadership, Education, Advancement, and Development) The CASA LEAD program is a series of initiatives designed to help build a bright future for our sector by taking members to the next level in their profession. The full contours of CASA LEAD will continue to be developed and refined in the months and years to [...]

Utility Arrearages Relief Package Finalized On Monday, July 12 the Senate and Assembly revealed their final trailer bill language to implement the $1 billion previously approved by the Legislature to alleviate COVID-related household water utility debt. AB 128 and SB 128 contain identical versions of the utility arrearages implementation provisions. The package is expected to [...]

House Passes Comprehensive Infrastructure Investment Legislation Before recessing for the July 4th holiday, the House of Representatives passed the INVEST Act (H.R. 3684), a $700 billion highway, transit, and bridges bill that also carried clean water and drinking water infrastructure assistance programs, along a nearly party-line vote of 221- 201. The bill is expected to be [...]

Central San Gives Maintenance Access Covers a Makeover To help mark its 75th anniversary, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) is launching a phased beautification project for its maintenance access covers (a.k.a “manholes”). The current cover was a standard template from a foundry and lacked the “Central San” name identifier. In contrast, the [...]

CASA Annual Conference 2021 Join us on August 11-13 for CASA’s 2021 Annual Conference at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel. Register early to lock in the best hotel rates and please be sure to follow the safety guidelines, notices and waivers in place. We hope to see you this August in sunny San Diego!   [...]

Join Your Peers at CASA’s Annual Conference Wrap-up summer with your colleagues in San Diego at CASA’s Annual Conference, August 11-13, 2021. Join us as we hear from experts on topics we’re all concerned about, including the impending drought, California’s push for electrification, the changing nature of work, gender diversity and pay equity in the [...]

Senate Confirms Environmental Nominees The Senate has confirmed Radhika Fox to be Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) Office of Water. The Senate confirmed Fox’s nomination 55-43, and, in doing so, confirmed the first woman of color and first individual of Asian American descent to head the office. The Office of Water [...]

New Appointment to the SWRCB Nichole Morgan was recently appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board to fill the seat currently held by Tam Doduc. She was most recently in the State Water Board’s Division of Financial Assistance, and previously worked at the Region 5 Board. She is a registered engineer and has worked with CASA in the past through Tri-TAC between [...]

OC San General Manager to Serve as the President for SCAP Jim Herberg, General Manager of the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) and CASA Board Member, has recently been voted to serve as the Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works (SCAP) Board President. Previously, he served as the Vice President for SCAP’s [...]

CAAWEF Live Stream Event On Thursday, June 24 at 11:00am, the California African American Water Education Foundation (CAAWEF) will host a live stream event: California’s Water Affordability Crisis. Join CAAWEF for an informative conversation to discuss rising water bills and how the impending expiration of water moratorium shutoffs will impact the African American community. The [...]