Municipal Water Leader Magazine

07/04/2025

Check out our article on Esther Saenz, Desert Water Agency's new general manager from our July/August issue.

In July 2025, Esther Saenz will take the reins as the next general manager of Desert Water Agency (DWA), headquartered on Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs, California. In this interview, Ms. Saenz recounts for Municipal Water Leader her hard-won rise from telephone operator to director of finance to general manager. Her story holds lessons about the value of hard work and the power of managers to mentor others and support their career success. “My supervisors encouraged me to aspire for more,” she explains, “because they saw potential in me.”

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07/03/2025

07/02/2025

The July/August issue of Municipal Water Leader is here.

Esther Saenz, who takes over the role of general manager of Desert Water Agency (DWA) in July, has three impressive predecessors: Dave Luker, Mark Krause, and Steve Johnson. I feel confident, however, that anyone who reads our cover interview with Ms. Saenz will recognize that she will be a worthy successor to these individuals. In our interview, she tells us about her background and education in water, what she learned from DWA’s former general managers, and her immediate aims and long-term goals for the agency.

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06/22/2025

Check out our article on Weston Welch of Lucent Water: bringing naval chlorine sensor technology to the municipal water market from our June issue.

Chlorine sensors on a naval ship must withstand some of the harshest conditions on the open sea, maintaining calibration whether the water is hot or cold; fresh, brackish, or salty; or low or high in pressure. Weston Welch, the CEO of Lucent Water, and his team developed a first- in-class water sensor to withstand these challenges without using chemicals or producing waste. In this interview, Mr. Welch shares how Lucent’s sensor technology is now helping municipalities that want to cut down on costs, reduce labor time, and save water.

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