Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudy S. Chow, P.E., has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). NACWA is a nationally-recognized leader in both legislative and regulatory clean water advocacy, and a top technical resource in water quality, water management and ecosystem protection. 

In a statement NACWA said Director Chow “is credited with gaining political support, generating revenue in a cash-strapped jurisdiction, deploying the latest technological and management advances, and driving regional leadership in the Chesapeake Bay.”

On November 18, the NACWA Board of Directors acted to appoint Director Chow (EPA Region 3) and Angela Licata (EPA Region 2), Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. NACWA board members serve nine-year terms.

Founded in 1970, NACWA is a collaborative community of utilities, organizations and passionate stakeholders from all parts of the water sector working to present a unified voice for Clean Water.

Earlier this month, Director Chow was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA). The AMWA is an organization of the largest publicly-owned drinking water systems in the United States. These water systems serve over 140 million people daily with safe drinking water – from Alaska to Puerto Rico.

As a public engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry, Director Chow came to Baltimore over five years ago to head DPW's  Bureau of Water and Wastewater. On February 1, 2014, he was named Director of the Department of Public Works by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, Mr. Chow spent 27 years with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) in Laurel, Md. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from George Washington University and a Master’s Degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from University of Maryland College Park. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Maryland and Delaware.