The inlet/outlet tower at Diamond Valley Lake has been named after former Metropolitan Water District of Southern California general counsel N. Gregory Taylor.
The Nov. 19 MWD board meeting included an approved motion to name the tower in honor of Taylor, who was the MWD general counsel from 1993 to 2000. Diamond Valley Lake was built during Taylor’s tenure and completed in 2000.
MWD's facilities naming policy establishes criteria and procedures to submit a request to name a Metropolitan Water District facility after a person. The criteria includes that the person had a substantial, important, and positive impact on MWD as a board or staff member and/or demonstrated distinguished civic achievements while maintaining close ties with and providing significant support to MWD and/or the wa
