Allen Lew will chair D.C. Water board
Posted by Mike DeBonis on December 7, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Amid D.C. Water’s big announcement of a Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park flood relief plan comes other major news for the city’s water and sewer utility: Board chairman William M. Walker unexpectedly stepped down at Thursday morning’s meeting, effective immediately.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) announced Thursday he’s appointing City Administrator Allen Y. Lew, who already serves on the board, to fill the chairman’s post.
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The choice of Lew to replace Walker is also impactful. The choice portends a closer relationship between the Gray administration and D.C. Water, which is governed by a mayor-appointed but interjurisdictional board. (Sewage from Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s County is treated at D.C. Water’s Blue Plains plant.) It also puts Lew in a position to exert more control over the direction and contracting of those massive capital projects.
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