FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2004
Contact:
Michael Georgeson, Division of Drinking Water, (801) 536-4197
(Salt Lake City, Utah) – After 29 years with the Utah Division of Drinking Water, Engineering Section Manager and Assistant Executive Secretary to the Utah Drinking Water Board Michael Georgeson will retire on Wednesday, June 30, 2004.
A hallmark of Georgeson’s contribution to Utah’s quality of life is his management of the state and federal financial assistance programs to help communities build drinking water infrastructure. He built the state program from the ground up beginning in 1983. Georgeson became responsible for the federal program when it was launched in 1997. Using both programs, he has managed the lending of $115 million in loans or other financial assistance to 200 communities in Utah.
“Mike helped shape the Utah Drinking Water program to what it is today,” said Division of Drinking Water Director Kevin Brown. “His positive contributions to the water industry during his career are immeasurable. Mike's steadfastness, professional ethics and service to the public will be truly missed.”
“It has been a very rewarding experience to have overseen the drinking water loan program from its inception,” Georgeson said. “I have felt a great sense of personal satisfaction being part of providing drinking water to the residents of Utah over the past 29 years.”
Georgeson received a bachelor of engineering science degree from Brigham Young University in 1966. He worked as a design engineer in California before returning to Utah in 1972 to work for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District as a district engineer. While there, he was involved in the building of the Jordan Valley Water Treatment Plant. Georgeson began his tenure with the Division of Drinking Water in 1975 as a public health engineer. He became the engineering manager in 1983.
Georgeson has been a licensed professional engineer in Utah since 1973 and has been associated with the Utah Well Drillers Association since the early 1980s.