Koontz Begins Term as AWWA President

Before a packed plaza outside the Anaheim, California, Convention Center, Gene Koontz of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, accepted the American Water Works Association’s ceremonial gavel and began his one-year term as president.The gavel passing ceremony last Wednesday night concluded AWWA’s four-day Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE15), which drew more than 11,700 water professionals and technology providers. A specialist in water quality and treatment, Koontz oversees the national water market for Gannett Fleming, a global infrastructure firm that provides planning, design, technology and construction management services for a diverse range of markets and disciplines.Koontz, an AWWA member since 1982, told the crowd he will