Challenger pulls upset on Calleguas water board





Environmental Scientist Scott Quady will replace 16year incumbent Jeff Borenstein as director for the Calleguas Municipal Water District Board of Directors, Division 2.

Quady took 43.5 percent of the vote versus Borenstein’s 32 percent.

John Ecklund, a small business owner who ran his campaign against water fluoridation, came in third with 24 percent.

All three candidates live in Thousand Oaks.

“I think it’s one of these issues that a lot of people just wanted change,” said Calleguas Board President Ted Grandsen regarding Borenstein’s loss.

Borenstein, who took on an incumbent in 1992 and came away the winner, had never been challenged during his 16 years on the board, Grandsen said.

“I don’t know the new gentlemen,” but Grandsen said he was pleased that Quady had water experience. “(Quady) is interested, of course, in water, and that’s a good thing.”

Quady is an environmental scientist and laboratory analyst who evaluates waste water, ground water and water systems to ensure industries comply with regulations.

He said he ran for the board seat to improve water use efficiency and promote better conservation practices.

Ventura County residents living in Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Simi Valley, Camarillo and sections of Bell Canyon consume water purchased through various retail districts from Calleguas.

Officials from the state— which is in a more than two-year drought—are reducing water availability and forcing agencies to implement mandatory water rationing. A legal ruling earlier in the year limited the release of water from Northern California to the Southland.


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