Raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mr. Hill graduated in 1987 from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Hill attended the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth, England where he completed his postgraduate studies in 1988. He served with the Canadian Navy as an Engineering Officer retiring in 1994 after serving as Deputy Engineering officer in HMCS Huron in the Gulf War 1991 where he was decorated with the Gulf Kuwait Medal.
In 1994 Mr. Hill co-founded Hill, Murray & Associates, a design-build-operate firm specializing in the construction and operation of water reclamation facilities in British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic. Mr. Hill oversaw the design, construction, commissioning and operation of many “first-in-the-field” systems, including the first fully recycling commercial and school buildings in Canada. He was instrumental in developing water reclamation codes, rules and regulations for the Province of British Columbia. In 2000, Mr. Hill cofounded Algonquin Water Resources of America, a division of the Algonquin Power Income Fund. In his role of Director of Operations for AWRA, he led the acquisition team, acquiring 6 utilities in three years and amassing 37,000 customers in Arizona and Texas.
In 2003, Mr. Hill co-founded Global Water Resources, a company established to acquire regulated water and wastewater utilities in the arid Southwestern states and to advance the cause of water reclamation and reuse as a conservation methodology in the Southwestern United States. Mr. Hill provides leadership and policy direction with respect to water reclamation and re-use, water use efficiency and the economics of water reclamation. Global Water Resources is the fastest growing water and wastewater utility in the nation and was recently ranked #5 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot 100. Global Water has been recognized for its leadership in water conservation, environmental education and communications receiving the 2008 Award of Merit from the WateReuse Association for commitment to water reuse and advancing the acceptance of water reuse through outstanding educational programs. Global also recently received a 2009 Environmental Achievement Award in Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency and has been ranked one of the Top 25 Places to Work in the Valley for the past two years. Finally, Mr. Hill was named one of 2008’s Power Players by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the Valley’s most influential global leaders.
Agenda Item: Water Utilities & Corporations Embracing Innovation
