FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2008
For more information contact:
Zachary Dorsey, (703) 548-0880, zdorsey@WateReuse.org
Dickinson Named Deputy Executive Director of WateReuse Association
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Joshua M. Dickinson, P.E. was promoted to Deputy Executive Director of the WateReuse Association effective March 1. In his new role, Dickinson is responsible for operational and staff management. He continues to serve as Director of Research programs for the WateReuse Foundation. The Foundation is currently recruiting a Program Manager to assist in the day-to-day management of the research program.
Dickinson’s new position was approved by the Board in 2007 and is part of the Business Plan. Executive Director Wade Miller made the decision to promote from within the Association.
“Josh’s hard work, diligence, and leadership within WateReuse made him the ideal candidate for this position,” Miller said. “In his new role, Josh will be an integral part of helping WateReuse achieve its vision to be the leading voice for reclamation, recycling, reuse, and desalination in the development and utilization of new sources of high quality water.”
Dickinson joined WateReuse in August 2005 as Director of Technical Services for the Association and Director of Research Programs for the Foundation. Prior to coming to WateReuse, he worked as a Senior Environmental Engineer at PCCI, Inc., Marine and Environmental Engineering.
Dickinson is a Registered Professional Engineer in Virginia, Maryland, and California. He has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from John Hopkins University. He is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Maryland.
The WateReuse Association was formed in 1990 due primarily to the efforts of a small group of visionaries from Southern California who recognized that the growth rate of the area was outstripping water supplies from the available resources. The WateReuse Foundation began perations shortly thereafter, in 1993, in order to bring the credible and scientific underpinnings necessary to ensure public health and environmental safety. The result was an organized effort to increase the body of knowledge surrounding water reuse and promote reclamation and reuse as a way of increasing the reliability and quality of the state’s water supplies.
In 2000, WateReuse hired its first full-time Executive Director and broadened its focus to advancing the beneficial and efficient use of water resources on a national and international scale. The rapid expansion has continued with an ever-increasing base of organizational members, enormous growth in the research budget, and the addition of seven staff members.
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The WateReuse Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the beneficial and efficient use of water resources through education, sound science, and technology using reclamation, recycling, reuse and desalination for the benefit of our members, the public, and the environment. The Association's membership consists of water agencies, public agencies, consulting firms, and local, state, and federal government agencies. WateReuse is involved in national advocacy, public education and outreach, and water reuse research.