It’s not just another day in the life of Doug Holmes, who recently moved to Tehachapi. Doug was also recently promoted to Assistant Operations Manager for Water Banking and Maintenance.

From Day One at the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency Steve Olmscheid, the recently promoted Maintenance Supervisor seemed destined for a position of elevated authority. Steve, an Antelope Acres resident, has worked at AVEK for seven years, where he started as a welder/maintenance staffer in February 2013. His tasks in that position involved welding/fabrication and the repair of distribution and plant assets. Throughout that seven years,

When Aaron Martinazzi, a Santa Clarita resident, hired on at the AVEK as an Operator Trainee a little more than five months ago, on Sept. 23, 2019, he had no prior experience in the water treatment and supply industry.

Knowledge of energy and water can mix as Lake Los Angeles resident Evan Carper, a new hire at AVEK, is about to learn.