Valley Center Water District Gets New Leader (scroll down in newsletter for story)

A titan in San Diego’s local water world is retiring and will be replaced by former city of Oceanside’s public utilities director, Lindsey Leahy.

Gary Arant has been general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District for over 36 years. When he arrived in the sleepy eastern San Diego County town, its vast avocado groves were the second-biggest water user in San Diego.