David Franco and Ivan Frishberg were today sworn as the latest members of District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, the Board that governs DC Water’s activities and strategic direction.
 
The two new Board members were unanimously confirmed by the Council of the District of Columbia this week after being nominated by Mayor Muriel Bowser earlier this year.
 
George Hawkins, DC Water’s general manager praised the new members joining the 11-member board and said are joining one of the most “engaged boards” he’s ever been a part of.
 
“I want to welcome David and Ivan who will help us continue building on our success in innovating, protecting the environment and providing great service to our customers,” Hawkins said.
 
DC Water Board Chairman Matthew T. Brown, said, “I welcome these two outstanding additions to the board. Their backgrounds and experience will benefit all of us and I intend to make sure that they are integrated into the work of the board.”
 
Franco, a principal member, is a Ward 1 resident and co-founder and principal of Level 2 Development, a local real estate development firm and has worked in design and construction, including water and sewer distribution systems, and storm water management systems of several significant large multi-family apartment building in the District. He’s also a member of the Union Market Coalition, responsible for the master planning of infrastructure upgrades of the 42-acre Union Market District. Franco is a native Washingtonian and attended the University of Maryland.
 
Frishberg, who was appointed to serve as an alternate, is a Ward 6 resident and has focused most of his career on environmental issues. He currently leads the sustainability banking practice at Amalgamated Bank, a provider of financial services to the progressive community.  He also serves on the boards of a local arts non-profit, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and the Parent Teacher Association for Brent Elementary, a DC public school as well as serving as ANC commissioner for four years.
 
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About DC Water
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is an industry leading multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water and wastewater collection and treatment for millions of visitors, residents and employees in the District of Columbia, and also collects and treats wastewater for a population of 1.6 million in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.
 
DC Water's service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the enterprise operates the world's largest advanced wastewater treatment plant (AWWTP) with a capacity of 384 million gallons per day and a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day. Blue Plains AWWTP consistently exceeds the nutrient removal limits in support of the Chesapeake Bay and  is also a model in sustainability, with the world’s largest thermal hydrolysis facility and anaerobic digesters that together with the onsite combined heat and power plant provide a third of the plant’s energy needs.  DC Water is in the process of also constructing deep tunnels, pump stations and treatment facility along with plans for green infrastructure on an unprecedented scale, to eliminate untreated combined sewer overflows.