Jim Cornelius Joins HDR

Folsom, Calif.— HDR has hired Jim Cornelius as a project engineer out of the company's Folsom office. His focus will be on funding and planning services. Before joining HDR, Cornelius was chief of the regulatory programs branch for the State of California's Water Resources Control Board.

He has broad experience directing watershed management, water quality protection and compliance programs, including NPDES permits, water quality planning, non-point source/storm water management, and mining waste management, and has managed the planning, design and construction of wastewater facilities for the California Clean Water Grants Program. Cornelius has extensive experience in governmental regulatory procedures and five years' experience preparing and managing state/federal grants for Calaveras County Water District.

A registered professional engineer, Cornelius is a member of CALFED Watershed Planning Work Group, and a past member of the California Department of Health Services Public Policy Committee for Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, and CalEPA Private Site Manager's Program Advisory Committee.