Project Team

The Collaborative Process is supported by a project team comprising the two agency sponsors, a facilitation team, and technical consultants.

Agency Partners

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

The Sanitation Districts are a confederation of independent special districts serving about 5.1 million people in Los Angeles County. The Sanitation Districts' service area covers approximately 800 square miles and encompasses 78 cities and unincorporated territory within the County. The Sanitation Districts construct, operate, and maintain facilities to collect, treat, recycle, and dispose of sewage and industrial wastes. The Sanitation Districts, also, provide for the management of solid wastes. The agency is made up of 25 separate Sanitation Districts working cooperatively under a Joint Administration Agreement with one administrative staff headquartered near the City of Whittier. The Sanitation Districts own and operate the Valencia and Saugus Water Reclamation Plants (WRPs), located in Districts 32 and 26 of the City of Santa Clarita. The Valencia and Saugus WRPs provide tertiary treatment of wastewater and discharge the treated effluent to Reaches 5 and 6 of the Santa Clara River.

Victoria Conway - Monitoring Section Head
Brian Louie - Treatment Plant Monitoring

Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB) protects ground and surface water quality in the Los Angeles Region, including the coastal watersheds of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, along with very small portions of Kern and Santa Barbara Counties. The Los Angeles Regional Board is one of nine Regional Boards statewide. These Boards are part of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CAL/EPA), along with the Air Resources Board, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Department of Toxic Substance Control, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

Sam Unger - TMDL Division
Elizabeth Erickson - TMDL Division
Melinda Becker - TMDL and Standards Division

Facilitation Team

Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman, Inc (MIG)

MIG assists public and private agencies and organizations in processes that engage communities, stakeholders and decision-makers in planning, policy and design projects. MIG provides facilitation and technical planning services in support of collaborative and participatory planning.

Daniel Iacofano - Lead Project Facilitator
Paul Downs - Project Manager
Aaron Abrams - Project Associate

Technical Consultants

Agricultural Chloride Threshold Study

CH2M Hill

CH2M Hill is an employee-owned, multinational firm providing engineering, construction, operations, communications, security, environmental, and related services to public and private clients in numerous industries on six continents.

Joel Kimmelshue - Project Coordinator
Stephanie Tillman - Soil Scientist
Mica Heilmann - Soil Scientist
Jim Jordahl - Soil Scientist

Groundwater Surface Water Interaction Model

CH2M Hill

CH2M Hill is an employee-owned, multinational firm providing engineering, construction, operations, communications, security, environmental, and related services to public and private clients in numerous industries on six continents.

Terry Foreman - Project Coordinator
Nate Brown - Hydrogeologist

Geomatrix Consultants

In 1984, a group of recognized authorities in the engineering geology consulting profession founded Geomatrix. Their goal was to create a company large enough to solve the most complex scientific and technical issues facing their clients, but small enough to deliver consistently exceptional results and personal service. Building on our solid beginnings in geology, geotechnical engineering, and foundation engineering, we have proven innovators in a widening spectrum of technical disciplines—from seismic analysis and remediation engineering to water resources management, air quality permitting, and decision analysis. All our service areas have grown or been developed in response to clients' increasingly complex needs.

Jeff Weaver - Project Coordinator
Tim Keuscher - Hydrogeologist
Craig Stewart - Hydrogeologist

Endangered Species Study

To Be Decided

Site Specific/Anti-Degradation Analysis

To Be Decided