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Ventura Water’s goal and purpose is twofold: to provide a safe and reliable water supply to the City’s residents and businesses and then, to properly treat and discharge the City’s wastewater back into the planet’s water cycle. Meeting those goals involves a multi-faceted system and requires a staff of about 120 to accomplish it. Ventura Water utilizes both a high degree of expertise and a passion for the task, to keep things flowing. In this first newsletter of the year, we begin a series that focuses in on some of the roles staff members play in meeting this wider goal. It is a comprehensive look at the system by way of highlighting a sampling of the human resources that add up to Ventura Water consistently meeting its paramount responsibilities.
Appropriately, our first segment looks at the acquisition of the water supply required to meet the needs of our community. Senior Management Analyst, Jennifer Tribo, has the primary responsibility of balancing our water supply with the demand. The City’s demand is about 13,000 acre-feet per year, currently procured from a combination of sources including Lake Casitas, the Ventura River, and our local groundwater basins. Where the water will come from on any given day depends on ever-changing conditions. Therefore, Jenny must work within a diverse set of parameters, be they hydrologic, legal, governmental, or monetary in nature. Jenny’s job, like several roles at Ventura Water, requires vigilant monitoring of our water resources, and coordination with not just Ventura Water staff, but with regional and national entities. Jennifer keeps her finger on the pulse of our water supply, which could be why her favorite part of the job is getting down to the water’s edge to check flow levels.
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