Atkins given Rainbow MWD contract for Urban Water Management Plan update

The Rainbow Municipal Water District approved a consultant contract with Atkins to prepare an updated Urban Water Management Plan for the district.

Rainbow's board voted 3-0 to award the $46,180 contract. Bob Lucy was absent and Tory Walker is professionally an engineer and has worked with Atkins in the past, so Walker recused himself from the vote.

"It's a pretty standard process," said Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy. "The whole region is doing them."

The California Water Code requires water suppliers which serve at least 3,000 customers or provide at least 3,000 acre-feet annually to pr...