NewsDrop-July-August-2026

GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE

Our core values: collaboration, creativity, science- based, integrity, professionalism, stewardship -

undergird how we go about our work.

By: Roland Ruiz General Manager

• Collaboration -- by spreading the conservation ethic through partnerships and with communities across our region, including our Habitat Conservation Plan. • Creativity -- by using native plants as a natural means to convey the importance of connecting the landscape to our water use. • Science-based -- by combining data with technology to help our first responders prevent inadvertent contamination to the aquifer as they carry out their work on the recharge zone. • Integrity -- by linking our mission to personal responsibility and In this edition of the News Drop, you see representation of each of these core values.

These values were identified years ago by our staff through a deliberative and shared process. They’ve since been revisited and tweaked and continue to stand the test of time as we move from past to present to the next generation of our mission.

In our 30th year of operations, these core values continue to give us a set of self-identified ideals of accountability. They represent what we believe about our collective selves while giving us aspirational guideposts we strive to meet each day – with one another, the people we regulate, and the public at large – all for the greater good of our work.

opportunities to make a difference through water preservation practices in our own backyards. • Professionalism -- by enabling the next generation of scientists to come into their own through our established internship programs. • Stewardship -- by linking all our programs together under the common mission to manage, enhance and protect the Edwards Aquifer system.

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