Video: DWR Director Gianelli’s Legacy to the State Water Project
Known as an engineering expert, water community leader, and champion of the State Water Project (SWP), former Department of Water Resources Director William Gianelli served as DWRs third director from 1967 to 1973 and dedicated more than 30 years to public service in both the state and federal government. (Gianelli also was one of the founders of the Water Education Foundation, its second president and the namesake of the Foundation’s Water Leaders Program.)