Drew Atwater

Manager of Rates, Charges, and Financial Planning - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Drew Atwater is the Manager of Rates, Charges, and Financial Planning at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Drew has over ten years’ experience managing finance, water efficiency, and water resource planning functions in the water sector. He was one of the co-founders of the California Data Collaborative and works across organizations to build collaboration to put water data to best serve the public. Drew serves as the Chair of the Rate Design Subcommittee of Rates and Charges at the American Water Works Association, Division 1 private sector member for the Audit Oversight Committee for the County of Orange, and the Chair of the Steering Committee for the California Data Collaborative. Mr. Atwater has a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Reed College and a Masters in Science in Environmental Science focusing in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California at Riverside