Community Water Center
John Erickson is an accomplished professional in the field of environmental engineering, currently serving as Technical Director at the Community Water Center since November 2020. With a diverse background, John has held various roles including Independent Consultant and Community Solutions Manager. Previously, John was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Lecturer at Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, and served as Senior Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, and Assistant Engineer at Hazen and Sawyer. Early career experiences include conducting impactful research at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on water quality and supply issues in Panama, interning at the American Water Works Association and California Public Utilities Commission, and working on engineering projects in Central America. John holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering, as well as Master's degrees in both Public Policy and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.
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Community Water Center
Clean water is a basic human right, not a privilege. Vision All communities have access to safe, clean, and affordable water. Mission Statement The Community Water Center acts as a catalyst for community-driven water solutions through organizing, education, and advocacy in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The Community Water Center helps build strategic grassroots capacity to address water challenges in small, rural, low-income communities and communities of color. Since opening its doors in 2006, CWC has worked with local residents from 82 California communities (69 in the southern San Joaquin Valley) to improve access to safe, clean, and affordable water. CWC has trained over 2,674 residents as clean water advocates and provided technical assistance to over 15 local water boards struggling with how to manage efficient and accountable water systems in their communities. CWC has also served as legal counsel to a number of small, disadvantaged communities with water systems. As a result, many rural, economically disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley now have improved access to clean and affordable drinking water. In 2009, CWC published a comprehensive Guide to Community Drinking Water Advocacy in both English and Spanish. This highly acclaimed guide has been distributed to hundreds of individuals, groups, and local water boards. See Here for more information. CWC also coordinates the coalition Asociación de Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA), which is comprised of representatives of more than 17 local impacted communities and six nonprofit organizations, as well as youth and community-based organizations, all focused on addressing the root causes of unsafe and unaffordable drinking water for local communities.