Encinitas City Councilmember and San Diego County water official James “Jim” H. Bond was seated today on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Bond is among four directors representing the San Diego County Water Authority on the 37-member MWD board.  He replaces George I. Loveland, who served on the Metropolitan board since October 2001.

A member of the Water Authority’s board of directors since March 1993, Bond represents San Dieguito Water District.  Bond, who currently chairs the Water Authority’s board, also serves on the SDCWA board’s imported water committee, and legislation, conservation and outreach committee.  In addition, he represents the agency on the Colorado River Board of California.

Bond is a member of the Association of California Water Agencies, Colorado River Water Users Association and the Council for Water Utilities.

Elected to the Encinitas City Council in 1992, Bond currently serves as mayor.  He is vice chair of the Encinitas Housing Authority, director of the Cardiff Sanitation District, and a member of the San Diego Association of Government’s shoreline erosion committee.  He also is past president of the Del Mar Rotary Club and past chair of the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito.

He retired in 1987 after 30 years, including 20 years in management, with the Bell Telephone Co. at various locations throughout the nation.

Born in Detroit, MI, Bond served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958-61.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in human behavior from National University.

Bond and his wife, Jackie, have four children and seven grandchildren.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage, and other resource-management programs.