New Chief of the National Water Quality Laboratory To: "E - All WRD Employees" cc: "David A Rickert, Chief, OWQ, Reston, VA" Subject: New Chief of the National Water Quality Laboratory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:09:04 -0400 From: "David A Rickert, Chief, OWQ, Reston, VA" The Office of Water Quality (OWQ) is pleased to announce that Bob Williams has accepted an assignment as Chief of the National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL). Bob brings unique qualifications to this job because of his experience in many sectors of the Division. Bob began his career in 1972 as a Hydrologic Field Assistant in the Colorado District. He later spent 15 years as chief of various District projects and 1 year as Chief of the Environmental Assessment Unit. In 1992, Bob became Assistant Chief of the NWQL. In that assignment, he worked interactively with District Chiefs, District water-quality specialists, NAWQA personnel, Regional Water Quality Specialists, and headquarters staff. The work required an understanding of District activities and needs coupled with knowledge of NWQL operations and capabilities. In 1995, Bob became Chief of the Earth Science Investigations Program for the Yucca Mountain project. In this position, he gained experience in working with Federal agencies, universities, and the private sector. He also gained insights about the need for timeliness of results and the value of sound quality assurance and quality control. For the past year, Bob has served as a liaison between the OWQ, the NWQL, and the National Water-Quality Assessment Program. During this time, Bob worked with the groups to establish and maintain effective communications between Division offices and programs and between Division hydrologists, chemists, and biologists. Bob is accepting a challenging task given the NWQL's upcoming move to a new facility, the uncertainty of District budgets, and the increasing need of the NWQL to measure constituents at very low levels. Please join us in welcoming Bob into his new position. Bob's userid is BOBWILL and his phone number is 303/467-8002.