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Multibillion-dollar Hetch Hetchy water project protects supply

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 28, 2009 at 6:24 am

labonteFrom the San Francisco Examiner:

“SAN FRANCISCO — Julie Labonte didn’t know what her high-achieving career as a water engineer held in store for her as she bounded down Mount Kilimanjaro in 2005, propelled by gravity, in the midst of a yearlong globetrot.

The Canadian-born, U.S.-trained engineer had walked away from an illustrious career with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for a multi-continental jaunt, peppered with frequent climbs of rugged mountains.

While working for the SFPUC — which oversees such services as water and sewers around the region — in San Francisco and its suburbs over a decade, Labonte had managed fluoridation of the water supply, a water treatment plant, utilities strategies for major redevelopment projects and massive sewer improvements.

“I always had this love for water,” said Labonte, who holds related master’s degrees from UC Berkeley and San Diego State University. “I understood very early on that water would eventually be the place to be because of the need for water, the shortage of water and the misuse of water.” … “

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December 28, 2009 · Filed Under Bay Area

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