West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin)
Director Gloria D. Gray has been appointed by L.A. County Supervisor Mark
Ridley-Thomas to serve on a water quality Community Task Force (Task
Force). The task force is part of the County's Clean Water, Clean
Beaches Initiative to address pollution in our local waterways
that include rivers, lakes, bays, beaches, and coastal waters. In her
duties on the Task Force, Director Gray will review programs and policies
intended to clean up our polluted waterways and watersheds and will
address how to fund them.
           Director Gray was chosen by Supervisor
Ridley-Thomas because of her
leadership in the community, her dedication on the West Basin Board of
Directors and her strong interest in improving water quality. She has
served on the West Basin Board of Directors since 2006 and, in that time,
has worked together with fellow directors to adopt a new strategic plan,
mission statement, branding identity, and commitment
statements; renew its Small Bank Program; implement a Local Business
Enterprise policy; and adopt the Water Reliability 2020 Program?"West
Basin's plan to reduce its dependence on imported water by 50% by the year
2020.
           "Providing a reliable water supply is our mission
at West Basin and I'm bringing vast community relations experience with me
to the County level to assess water quality programs, policies and
associated funding opportunities," said Gloria Gray. "I'm thankful to
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas and the Board of Supervisors for asking me to be
part of
this team and look forward to working together to achieve results for the
region."
           Director Gray was elected by her peers in March
2009 to serve as Vice President of the West Basin Board of Directors and
to represent West Basin on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California (MWD) Board of Directors. She currently chairs the
Communications Committee and the Ad Hoc West Basin/Water Replenishment
District Committee. Gray was awarded a "Women in Water" award in 2007 by
the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for her commitment
to conservation and
building reliable water supplies for our communities.