[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO KEVIN L. SHAFER, P.E.

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2018

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kevin L. Shafer, 
P.E. for being named as one of the Top 25 Global Water Leaders.
  Kevin has served as the Executive Director at the Milwaukee 
Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) since March 2002. As Executive 
Director, Kevin manages approximately 230 MMSD employees and oversees a 
contract for the operation and maintenance of the sewerage system with 
a private contractor.
  As Executive Director, Kevin developed and implemented an Overflow 
Reduction Plan; completed a watershed based regional water quality 
management plan update; initiated a Green Infrastructure Program for 
the Milwaukee region; helped to found a local nonprofit organization, 
the Southeast Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, and focused on water quality 
improvements.
  Prior to joining the District, Mr. Shafer spent 10 years in private 
industry and six years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fort 
Worth, Texas. He is a past president of the National Association of 
Clean Water Agencies. Currently, Kevin is the Chair of the Water 
Environment Research Foundation and of the U.S. Water Alliance's Urban 
Water Sustainability Leadership Council. Mr. Shafer received a 
bachelor's degree in science and civil engineering with a specialty in 
water resources from the University of Illinois and a master's in civil 
engineering from the University of Texas.
  In December 2017 he was named as one of the Top 25 Global Water 
Leaders by Water & Wastewater International Magazine. This designation 
is known as a barometer of the industry's thought leaders. The 
selection was made concentrating on active leaders who are driving 
companies forward into the digital water age with a focus on 
innovation.
  Mr. Speaker, for these reasons I rise to pay tribute and congratulate 
Kevin Shafer on his award; I am proud that he resides and works in the 
Fourth Congressional District.

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