Author Description
Tony Willardson was named Executive Director of the Western States Water Council in July 2009. The Council is a government entity, an instrumentality of each of the eighteen participating States, created by western state governors in 1965 to advise them on water laws, policies, and programs. Tony joined the Council in 1979. He holds a BA in political science from Brigham Young University, with minors in economics and business management, and a MS in public administration from the University of Utah. He is a member of the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration (Pi Alpha Alpha). Tony is the author of numerous articles, reports, and policy papers covering a wide range of water resource issues, including water-related data gathering and monitoring, remote sensing of water use, water conservation, drought, water use fees, water project financing and cost sharing, groundwater management and recharge, interregional water transfers, intrastate water transfers, and future water needs and sustainable water supply strategies.
