Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
Address: 12109 Highway 166 (6.5 miles west of Mettler, CA), Bakersfield CA 93313 | Phone: 661-858-2281
ENGINEER-MANAGER
Sheridan Nicholas, ext. 6075
Email: snicholas@wrmwsd.com
WATER RESOURCE MANAGER
Eric McDaris, ext. 6069
Email: emcdaris@wrmswd.com
CONTROLLER
Jim Smith, ext. 6063
Email: jsmith@wrmwsd.com
STAFF ENGINEER
Thomas R. Suggs, ext. 6064
Email: tsuggs@wrmwsd.com
O&M SUPERINTENDENT
Greg Loveless, ext. 6078
Email: gloveless@wrmwsd.com
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR
Flower Duenas, ext. 6688
Email: fduenas@wrmwsd.com
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Danyel Ruth, ext. 6068
Email: publicrelations@wrmwsd.com (contact email)
ATTORNEY
Steven M. Torigiani
Young Wooldridge
1800 30th Street, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone:(661)327-9661
AUDITOR
Barbich, Hooper, King, Dill, Hoffman
Danhira Barajas Millan, CPA
PO Box 11171
Bakersfield, CA 93389
Phone: (661) 631-1171
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dennis J. Atkinson – President
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Mark B. Valpredo – Vice President
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Jeffrey R. Mettler – Treasurer
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Colby D. Fry – Asst. Treasurer
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661 )858-2281
Jose B. Marin – Secretary
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Michael Blaine – Asst. Secretary
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Allen Lyda – Director
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Jon Reiter – Director
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
Kyle Richardson – Director
12109 Highway 166
Phone: (661) 858-2281
MEETINGS
2nd Wednesday @ 8:30 a.m. at the District Office
DISTRICT SIZE: 147,621 acres (231 sq. miles)
WATER SUPPLY: State Water Project (197,088 acre-feet of Table A entitlement), groundwater banking projects and local groundwater resulting in 169,000 acre-feet of average annual deliveries, or 8 million acre feet delivered from 1971 to 2019.
CROPS PRODUCED: Oranges, wine grapes, almonds, table grapes, (over 8,000 acres of each). Grains, cotton, tomatoes, alfalfa, lemons, carrots, pistachios, potatoes, onions, cherries, melons, peaches (3,500 to 1,000 acres each).
OTHER INFO: Founded in 1959, the district is a public agency providing untreated irrigation water service to farms at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley.
WEBSITE: wrmwsd.com
FACEBOOK: @wrmwsd
LINKEDIN: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
