Metropolitan Navigates Choppy Waters

California’s largest drinking water supplier is trying to turn the page.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which imports and sells water to 19 million people in Los Angeles and the surroundings, earlier this month zeroed in on Shivaji Deshmukh, the current general manager of the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, to replace retiring General Manager Deven Upadhyay, according to three people with knowledge whom POLITICO granted anonymity to discuss ongoing internal deliberations.