Diversified Water Sources with Solid Planning
Sean Roberts serves on the Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors. 25 years of engineering leadership, focused on water reliability, PFAS remediation, and fiscal accountability for the Tri-Valley.
Priorities, one clear plan.
Water is too important for vague promises. Here is what I will do, and why.
PFAS Remediation
Zone 7 has built two PFAS treatment plants with a third in design. Continue the program, monitor downstream of every facility, and publish the math so the community can read it.
Read more →Water Reliability
Diversify beyond a single import corridor. Stronger groundwater banking, modernized capture, support for Northern California storage. The board will also steward Zone 7's estimated $443 million share of the Delta Conveyance Project through a series of funding votes, the single largest reliability question in front of us.
Read more →Flood Management
Move the Flood Management Plan from goals to a funded multi-year capital program with public milestones and audit trails.
Read more →News and updates
Water-policy analysis, board coverage, and event news.
Zone 7 Board Meeting: Budget Adoption, an LLNL Grant, and Water Transfers
The Zone 7 board meets tonight, June 17. On the agenda: final adoption of the two-year budget, a Bureau of Reclamation grant partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a long-term water transfer with the Westside districts, and adoption of the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan.
Zone 7 Board Meeting: 2025 Water Plan Hearing, 30-Year Contracts, and a Pleasanton Groundwater Deal
At its May 20 regular meeting, the Zone 7 board held a public hearing on the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan, renewed its retail water supply contracts through 2055, and approved a cost-sharing agreement with Pleasanton for two new groundwater wells. Three action items passed 7-0.
Zone 7 Board Meeting: Two-Year Budget Workshop
At a special workshop on May 12, Zone 7 staff walked the board through the proposed two-year operating and capital budget for FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28. No vote was taken. The board concurred with forwarding the budget to its June meeting for adoption.