The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District will be implementing an Advancing Women in Water and Wastewater Leadership Academy, and that program has been awarded a $150,000 grant.
The grant is from the California Water, Wastewater, and Energy Workforce Development Program which is funded by the California Municipal Utilities Association. The program is intended to improve access to career ladder pathways, enhance job-related skills needed for advancement, and eliminate structural barriers to executive leadership opportunities for women in the water and wastewater industry.
“I think it’s pretty incredible,” said EVMWD community affairs supervisor Sylvia Ornelas.
Four women including Ornelas wrote the grant application. The other three are director of human resources Rebecca Christ
