Monterey
County Water Resources Agency
Cal Poly BRAE Alumni
(left to right) Jess Barreras (Hydrologist),
Brent Buche (Associate Water Resources Engineer),
Manuel Saavedra (Hydrologist), German Criollo
(Senior Hydrologist), Chris Moss (Associate Water
Resources Engineer).
At the Monterey County Water Resources Agency,
Cal Poly grads work on San Antonio and Nacimiento
Dams and Reservoirs; Nacimiento Hydroelectric
Power Plant; Monterey County Water Recycling
Project; Salinas Valley Water Project; Salinas
Valley Diversion Facility (inflatable dam, fishway
and pump station); oversee the operation of a
computerized water data management system; manage
GIS activities in support of Agency-wide projects;
provide support to develop user-friendly tools
that allow the analysis of data received from a
storm surveillance network of stream and
precipitation gages; explore new technology for
making water quality, and reservoir data
collection activities more efficient; perform
water quality data evaluations; coordinate water
quality sampling program activities; review well
construction/destruction designs; oversee the
Ground Water Extraction Program; maintain ground
water extraction database; register wells in the
Salinas Valley; nitrate management.
Salinas River Diversion Facility placement
relative to Monterey County
Salinas River Diversion Facility placement
relative to Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project
Distribution System
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