John E. Burke Email & Phone Number

The primary focus is alternate water supply planning, special project problem solving and management solutions.Assisted Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District with management solutions. Advising the City of Austin regarding supplemental drought response options in conjunction with the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning/Water Forward Task Force..

Bastrop, Texas

• General Manager, Aqua Water Supply Corporation 1986 - 2009Aqua Water Supply Corporation is the second largest rural water system in Texas. Supervised production, maintenance, repairs, billing, accounting, legal and.
• Oversaw growth of the system from a typical rural water system with 5,000 connections in 1986, to a mid-sized regional utility with more than 17,500 connections.
• Successfully developed and implemented capital improvements that gained Board and community support. As a result of planning and improvements, made it through the hottest summer on record in 2011 without any rationing.
• Led the system to a level of excellence that earned national recognition. When I arrived, Aqua Water was under a court-ordered moratorium by the Texas Water Commission for poor and improper operational practices. Aqua.
• Turned around customer service, community relations, and emergency response so that Aqua Water Supply earned trust and credibility with Aqua customers and communities throughout the four counties it serves.
• Led Aqua Water Supply to play a key role in forming water policy for the Lower Colorado River Region under Senate Bill 1.