Colwyn Sunderland

Colwyn joined KWL in 2012 after eight years in local government and eight prior years with a water treatment technology company.  Colwyn specializes in municipal and First Nations infrastructure management and finance and demand management and leads KWL’s asset management practice.

As an integration specialist, Colwyn has led many municipal infrastructure planning and finance projects and understands municipal planning, engineering, operations, and finance.  In addition, he has contributed to Canada’s asset management community by training practitioners and leading the development of several practice guides for local governments and Indigenous governments.

Colwyn supports municipal management teams in multidisciplinary decision-making and develops systems, policies, and programs.  He served as KWL’s lead project manager for developing and implementing the Tereo award-winning Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM) Asset Management System.  He has provided technical review of asset management planning projects for the Capital Regional District, Village of Pemberton, City of Vernon, Victoria Airport Authority, and numerous First Nations.  Colwyn has developed asset management plans, strategies, policies, and frameworks consistent with BC and international best practices for all municipal service types, including transportation, water, sanitary and storm sewer, solid waste, parks and recreation, protective services and general government services, and the relevant asset classes.

Colwyn is a past President of the BC Water and Waste Association and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association and currently serves on the Alliance for Water Efficiency Board of Directors.

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