Who's Who

Semitropic Water Storage District

Address: 1101 Central Avenue, P.O. Box 8043, Wasco CA 93280 | Phone: 661-758-5113

GENERAL MANAGER & ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Jason Gianquinto
jgianquinto@semitropic.com
Phone: (661) 565-5384

O & M SUPERINTENDENT
John D. Lynch
Email: jlynch@semitropic.com

DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isela Medina
Email: imedina@semitropic.com

Craig Wallace
Email: cwallace@semitropic.com

CONSULTING ENGINEER
GEI Consultants/B-E Engineering
5001 California Avenue, Suite 120
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: (661) 327-7601

ATTORNEY
Steve Torigiani, Esq.
Young Wooldridge
1800 30th Street, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone: (661) 327-9661

AUDITORS
Barbich, Hooper & King
5001 E. Commerce Center Dr, Ste. 350
PO Box 11171
Bakersfield, CA 93389
Phone: (661) 631-1171

CONTROLLER
Bobby Salinas
Email: bsalinas@semitropic.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dan Waterhouse – President
PO Box 8014
Wasco, CA 93280
Phone: (661) 758-2455

Philip W. Portwood – Vice President
P.O. Box 781
Wasco, CA 93280
Email: (661) 758-2435

John Reiter – Director
758 Northwest Ave. Suite 101
Fresno, CA 93711
Phone: (661) 758-5113

Tim Thomson – Director
19407 Wildwood Rd.
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Email: (661) 764-5300

Tom Toretta – Treasurer
P.O. Box 565
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Email: (661) 764-5659

EMAIL CONTACT
mail@semitropic.com

MEETINGS
2nd Wednesdays @ 12:30 p.m. at the District Office

DISTRICT SIZE: 224,000 Acres
WATER SUPPLY: SWP – 155,000 AF entitlement + 160,000 AF
GROUNDWATER: 120,000 AF – 400,000 AF
ADDITIONAL: 1.65 million AF groundwater banking project
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