Zoe Rodriguez del Rey

Coachella Valley Water District, Water Resources Manager

As the Water Resources Manager at Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), Zoe Rodriguez del Rey is responsible for coordinating long-term water management planning for CVWD. Before joining CVWD, Zoe’s work in the private sector focused on developing 21st century tools to support municipal water agencies to meet the challenges of managing contamination risks to public water supplies, like the 2014 Elk River chemical spill, by leveraging existing state and federal data for risk assessment and decision making. Zoe’s work in the water sector began at the City of Portland (OR) Water Bureau. In this job, and through Zoe’s work in Puerto Rico, she learned to understand the challenges of balancing water quantity, timing, and quality to reliably meet communities' water needs.