Bureau The of Reclamation: The Last 103 Years and the Next 47
OCTOBER NEW MEXICO WATER: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OR GUNS, LAWYERS, AND MONEY NEW MEXICO WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2005
William E. Rinne was named Deputy Commissioner, Director of Operations for the Bureau of Reclamation in June 2003. A Senior Executive Service member, he works with Commissioner John Keys to ensure Reclamations effectiveness at operating all of its projects consistent with federal and state laws, interstate compacts and international treaties, while also meeting the Administrations objectives and priorities. Bill, who has more than 26 years of federal service in Reclamation exclusively, served as Deputy Regional Director of Reclamations Lower Colorado Region in Boulder City, Nevada and has served as an area manager, regional liaison in the Commissioners office, regional environmental officer, regional fisheries biologist, and project biologist. In these capacities, Bill was actively involved in managing environmental and operations programs for the agencys Lower Colorado River area in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Mexico. In 1996, he was awarded the Department of the Interior s Meritorious Service Award. An avid outdoorsman, Bill particularly enjoys fishing and gardening. He is originally from Burchard, Nebraska. He received his B.S. degree in biology from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, and an M.S. degree in zoology from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Bill and his wife Jan have two children and six grandchildren.
THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: THE LAST 103 YEARS AND THE NEXT 47
William E. Rinne U.S. Bureau of Reclamation MS 7060 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, DC 20250 Thank you, Karl. Good morning. It is indeed a privilege and an honor to be here on behalf of Commissioner John Keys. Before I get started, I have to say a few things about John. I know a lot of you know him quite well. He was badly torn about whether to be here today or not to be here today. In fact, he was hanging on to this as early as the first part of this week, but he does have commitments that he had to favor. Prior to the last 3 years in Washington I spent most of my career before that on the Colorado River so Ive spent time in Yuma, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. My heart is in the West. I told John I felt badly he wasnt coming, but I would gladly take his place to get back out here to the West. I also want to congratulate you on having your 50th water conference. I guess its obvious that it says a lot about the important issues that you are dealing 21
William E. Rinne with to continue on for 50 years. Looking at the topics and looking at the speakers, Im really impressed. Im certainly not goi...
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