Tom McKinney

The operations department includes more than half of the district’s employees and is responsible for wide-ranging services including all of our water, wastewater, and recycled water systems, as well as our hydropower project and parks and recreation. EID’s contiguous service area spans 220 miles and ranges from 500 feet in elevation at the Sacramento county line to more than 4,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada range. The system requires 200 pressure-regulation zones to operate reliably and more than 1,245 miles of pipeline, 27 miles of ditches, five water treatment plants, 36 storage reservoirs, and 37 pumping stations.

The district operates four wastewater treatment plants, treating an average of five million gallons of wastewater a day to California’s very stringent tertiary standards. EID operates 560 miles of wastewater collection pipes, which includes sewer mains and laterals. The district also operates 64 lift stations to help move the waste within our challenging terrain.

Wastewater treated at the El Dorado Hills and Deer Creek plants becomes recycled water, which is used to irrigate nearly 4,000 front and back yards of homes as well as commercial and public landscapes.

The parks and recreation division manages Sly Park Recreation Area and a number of facilities such as Silver Lake West campground that are associated with EID’s hydroelectric power generation system (Project 184). Recreation employees are responsible for overseeing proper maintenance of all EID recreation facilities and managing visitors as they enjoy various activities — from camping, picnicking, boating, fishing and swimming to hiking, biking, and horseback riding.

Tom McKinney is EID's director of operations. In his position, Mr. McKinney is responsible for providing direction, management and coordination to ensure the operation and maintenance of the district’s water and wastewater systems including conveyance and treatment activities. He began his career with EID in 1985 and has worked his way through the ranks. He was promoted to director of operations in 2008.

Tom has two children and has lived in the Sly Park/Pleasant Valley area for the past 40 years. He enjoys coaching high school soccer, participating in many outdoor sports, and racing/restoring vintage motorcycles.