Who's Who

Kern Water Bank Authority GSA

Address: 1620 Mill Rock Way, Suite 500, Bakersfield CA 93311 | Phone: 661-398-4900

GENERAL MANAGER
Joseph Butkiewicz

joeb@kwb.org

GEOLOGIST
Jon Parker
jparker@kwb.org

FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS MANAGER
Nick Torres
ntorres@kwb.org

FIELD COORDINATOR
Emilio Z. Villagran
evillagran@kwb.org

GIS DATA ANALYST
Michael Johnson
mjohnson@kwb.org

FIELD ASSISTANT I
Sam Handel
shandel@kwb.org
FIELD ASSISTANT III
Jesus Lopez
jlopez@kwb.org
FIELD ASSISTANT II
Jose Zavala
jzavala@kwb.org

PROJECT ASSISTANT
Kettisha Hiracheta
tishah@kwb.org

OFFICE MANAGER
Chris Green
cgreen@kwb.org
 

FIELD ASSISTANT I
Alex Ulloa
aulloa@kwb.org

 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rob Yraceburu, Chairman of the Board – Westside Mutual Water Company
Sheridan Nicholas, Vice Chairman – Wheeler Ridge – Maricopa WSD
Tom McCarthy, Treasurer – Kern County Water Agency
Dennis Atkinson, Director – Tejon – Castac Water District
G. Patrick O’Dowd, Director – Dudley Ridge Water District
Jason Gianquinto, Director – Semitropic Water Storage District
Kim Brown, Director – Westside Mutual Water Company

MEETINGS
Second Tuesday of each month @3pm
SIZE:20,000 acres

ACRE-FEET CAPACITY: 1.5 million acre-feet
WEBSITE:https://www.kwb.org/

Water Fact

California relies on water from the Sierra Nevada snowpack , which melts to provide runoff to rivers and reservoirs. In normal years, melted snowpack typically supplies about 30 percent of the state’s water supply.

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