Who's Who

Kern Water Bank Authority

Address: 1620 Mill Rock Way, Suite 500, Bakersfield CA 93311 | Phone: 661-398-4900

GENERAL MANAGER
Joseph Butkiewicz

FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS MANAGER
Nick Torres

OFFICE MANAGER
Chris Green

GEOLOGIST
John Parker

GIS DATA ANALYIST
Michael Johnson

ATTORNEY
Steve Torigiani
Young Wooldridge
1800 30th Street, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone: (661) 327-9661

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Dudley Ridge Water Districts
Kern County Water Agency
Semitropic Water Storage District
Tejon-Castac Water District
Westside Mutual Water Company
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
William D. Phillimore – Chairman
33141 E. Lerdo Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661) 399-4456

Rob Yraceburu – Director
33141 E. Lerdo Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661) 399-4456

Jason Gianquinto – Director
PO Box Z
Wasco, CA 93280
Phone: (661) 758-5113

Dennis Atkinson – Director
PO Box 1000
Lebec, CA 93243
Phone: (661) 248-6774

Sheridan Nicholas – Vice Chairman
12109 Highway 166
Bakersfield, CA 93313
Phone: (661) 858-2281

Tom McCarthy – Director

G. Patrick O’Dowd – Director

MEETINGS
2nd Tuesday @ 3:00 p.m. at the Offices of Kern Water Bank Authority, located at 1620 Mill Rock Way, Suite 500.

WEBSITE:  www.kwb.org

Water Fact

The world’s largest concrete dam spans the Yangtze River in south central China. The Three Gorges Dam has created a huge reservoir–half as long as the state of California.

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