Glenn Page, PE
Title: Consultant, representing the City of Gainesville, Georgia
Contact: (770) 560-0729; glenn@gmpage.net
NWSA Involvement: Board of Directors
Bio:
Glenn Page is a water resources and utility management consultant based in Woodstock, Georgia. He retired in 2021 after a 34-year career with the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, serving the final 15 years as its General Manager. Before that, Page worked as a design engineer and project manager for two consulting engineering firms. He was appointed to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District by Governor Nathan Deal in 2017 and currently serves as its Chairman.
Page earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership and was the 2018 recipient of the George Warren Fuller Award for distinguished service to the water supply field from the American Water Works Association. Page also received the Elizabeth McEntire Award for outstanding service in water supply in 2012 and the Honorary Membership Award in 2019 from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals.
Page is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Water Distribution System Operator in the state of Georgia. He is a member of the American Water Works Association, the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a founding member and board member of the National Water Supply Alliance. He also serves on the Leadership Team at Sovereign Grace Church of Woodstock.
Page and his wife Joy have five children and eight grandchildren and live in Woodstock, Georgia.
Organizational
Overview:
Organization Type: City Department managing water supply, wastewater reclamation, and stormwater.
Water Supply: Lake Lanier.
Population Served: 200,000.
Water Users: Residential, commercial and industrial customers; local governments.
Total Storage Volume: 12,823 acre-feet (subcontracted from State of Georgia). Gainesville also has access to 8 million gallons per day net withdrawal through 1953 “Relocation Contract” granted upon impoundment of Lake Lanier.
Key Issues/Challenges: Recognition of State-granted water rights, including proper accounting of wastewater return flows in accordance with State law; predictable budgeting of repair, replacement and rehabilitation cost share for non-federal contract partners.