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Appointment of Mr. Paul van Gulick to the Water Protection Advisory Board
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The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (Water Authority) staff request the appointment of Mr. Paul van Gulick to the Water Protection Advisory Board (WPAB) to serve a three-year term as one of two of the Water Authority's appointees on the board. Mr. van Gulick previously served on the Water Authority's Technical Customer Advisory Committee (TCAC).
The purpose of the WPAB is to study and advise the Water Authority, City of Albuquerque (City), and Bernalillo County (County) on surface and groundwater source protection concerns, oversee the implementation of the Rivers and Aquifer Protection Plan (formerly the Water Quality Protection Policy and Action Plan), and assist with the development of strategies necessary to enhance protection of surface and groundwater quality in the Albuquerque Basin.
Mr. Paul van Gulick is a water professional with experience in hydrology & hydraulics, and in regional municipal water system design with an especial interest in life cycle cost. He started out as a mechanical and aerospace engineer working in his native Washington DC. Since moving to New Mexico in 1993 he has worked in civil engineering and surveying - first for other firms in Albuquerque and then in Roswell, but later with his wife as sole proprietors in predominantly rural Lincoln County. In order to be of maximum use to their community, rural professionals of any stripe must be general practitioners and specialists soon learn to broaden their skills, sometimes very quickly. For example, prior to the 2008 Ruidoso flood Mr. van Gulick's main experience with water was its comparatively quiet life in tanks, pipes and pumps. After the flood, all hands were needed for emergency repairs to bridges and water & sewer pipe crossings, to address structural issues with flooded homes and businesses, and finally to begin the longer process of river and floodplain restoration. In 2...
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