Jim O’Toole

California Water Deputy Leader

As vice president and California Water Deputy Practice Leader, Jim works with clients and agencies throughout the state to provide full-service environmental planning, compliance, and resource management solutions for large-scale water, wastewater, recycled water, and flood management projects. He partners with Practice Leader Leslie Moulton to ensure responsive client service and to share best management practices and lessons learned from local projects throughout the state about effective environmental compliance.

Jim’s in-depth knowledge of state and local regulations and processes stems from 20 years of experience partnering with clients to manage complex water projects and challenging environmental documents from concept to completion. He leads CEQA/NEPA analyses, regulatory permitting, mitigation development, and compliance monitoring programs. He has managed the California Department of Water Resources’ East Branch Enlargement Project and South Bay Aqueduct Enlargement Project, as well as several infrastructure projects for clients including Zone 7 Water Agency, Sonoma County Water Agency, North Bay Water Reuse Authority, Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and Alameda County Water District.

Jim has a Bachelor of Arts in geography from the University of California at Santa Barbara.