BAWSCA (Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency)
Feb 16, 2022 12:15 PM
Nicole Sandkulla, Chief Executive Officer & GM
BAWSCA (Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency)

Nicole Sandkulla is Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of the Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). BAWSCA represents the interests of 26 water supplies that purchase water wholesale from the San Francisco (Hetch Hetchy) Regional Water System (System). These entities provide water to 1.8 million people and over 40,000 businesses and community organizations in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties. Collectively, BAWSCA member agencies purchase two-thirds of the water supplied by the System and pay two-thirds of the costs to operate the System. 

BAWSCA is the only entity having the authority to directly represent the needs of the cities, water districts, and private utilities that depend on the System. BAWSCA is a state-enabled, independent Special District authorized to perform regional water reliability planning and implement necessary regional water projects on behalf of its member agencies. BAWSCA is governed by a 26-member Board of Directors. BAWSCA also represents its members’ collective interests in their relationship with San Francisco on matters related to water supply, facility reliability, operations, water quality, and wholesale water rates. 

As CEO/General Manager of BAWSCA, Ms. Sandkulla carries out BAWSCA’s goals to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality water at a fair price. 

Ms. Sandkulla has thirty years of technical and policy level experience related to all aspects of state and local water resources planning and development, water agency operations, and leadership of water resources programs and operations for a multi-agency, multi-county special district. 

Ms. Sandkulla is a registered Professional Civil Engineer and has a B.S in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.