Jesse Roach, will share the remarkable story of the past, present and future of water development and use in Santa Fe, especially since 1995. Jesse was the technical lead on an assessment of potential climate change impacts to water resources, and possible resulting changes to water operations in the Upper Rio Grande basin and a contributor to technical evaluation of water utility scale adaptation to potential hydrologic impacts of climate change in Santa Fe.
Jesse will inform our group about the many facets of our local water story—where it comes from, the strategies and goals to ensure adequate water supply for the future, and much more. He will also be available to answer any questions from our group.
Open to TTN members and non-members. Bring a friend!
Jesse Roach P.E. Ph.D. is Director of City of Santa Fe Water, a position he has held since July 2019. Jesse grew up in Santa Fe and holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Hydrology and Water Resources. He worked at Sandia National Labs from 2006 to 2014 as a senior member of the technical staff focused on building system level simulation models, and as a Senior Water Resources Engineer at Tetra Tech Inc. from 2014 to 2019.