(YWA release) – Tim Truong, Yuba Water Agency’s chief dam safety engineer, has been elected to the board of directors for the United States Society on Dams, a leading organization dedicated to advancing the safe and sustainable operation of dams and levees and building a solid community of dam management professionals. Truong will serve a three-year term beginning in April.

“Since joining the agency eight years ago, Tim has really elevated our Dam Safety Program and helped build key relationships with industry experts, other dam owners and our regulatory partners,” said Yuba Water’s general manager, Willie Whittlesey. “His election to the USSD board is well-deserved and will help us continue to build upon our commitment to dam safety.”

The USSD includes more than 1,300 professionals from across the dam industry, including public and private dam owners, state and federal regulators and others. USSD members advance the environmentally sustainable science of planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining dams, levees and associated civil engineering projects across the country.