Barbara . Biggs
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Barbara Biggs is a Governmental Affairs Officer for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver, Colorado, and heads the District’s Governmental Affairs and Water Quality Division. The Metro District provides wholesale wastewater treatment service to 1.7 million people, or roughly one-third of Colorado's population, through 59 separate local governments in the metropolitan region. Ms. Biggs has been with the Metro District for 20 years and is responsible for all aspects of the District’s federal, state and local governmental and regulatory affairs as well as the District’s water quality monitoring and assessment activities. She has a B.S. degree, cum laude, in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado and extensive experience in municipal and special district finance. Ms. Biggs was originally appointed by the Governor to the Colorado Water Conservation Board representing the City and County of Denver in 2004, and was reappointed to serve a third term in 2009. She served as the Board’s Chair in 2005. In January 2010, Ms. Biggs was named Chairman of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies Water Quality
Committee, and actively serves on a number of the organizations other committees and work groups. She previously served on the Colorado Water and Wastewater Facilities Operator Certification Board.
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