Senior Advisor, Water Supply Resilience - (26-S&P-400000-094)

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At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day—exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

The Senior Advisor, Water Supply Resilience will serve as the primary interface with the water treatment wholesaler (Washington Aqueduct) and support the Pure Water DC initiative. This position will play a key role in building source water supply capabilities, including integrating a second source into operations. The position will also support Pure Water DC as the technical lead, contributing to research, potable reuse pilot operations and data collection, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement. 

• Provides engineering expertise in drinking water treatment technologies and source water supply planning.

• Acts as the primary liaison with the drinking water wholesale organization for capital planning, and technical coordination. Interfaces with relevant departments within DC Water to enable a coordinated response to the wholesale organization.

• Leads efforts to develop and integrate secondary water sources into existing systems. DC Water’s technical lead on potable water reuse pilot activities providing oversight and collaboration with the contractor operating the pilot.

• Collaborates on research projects with the Water Research Foundation, wastewater and drinking water teams, ensuring technical connectivity across One Water initiatives.

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