The City of San Diego PURE Water Project

Meriam Chihwaro, P.E., QSD

Meriam is an Associate Engineer with the City of San Diego. She has over ten years of diverse professional experience, including civil and transportation design, hydraulics and hydrology design, construction management and inspection of CIP, maintenance, and emergency projects, as well as experience in traffic safety and operations. She also has extensive background in working with and for various jurisdictional agencies and municipalities. Prior to being hired at the City of San Diego, I was a Senior Transportation Engineer/ Acting Branch Chief in District Traffic Safety at Caltrans D11. Prior to that, Meriam was an RE within the Caltrans D11 Minor B Branch/Maintenance Division. Additionally, she worked for the County of San Diego as an Assistant RE and Lead Inspector within the Construction Engineering Department, as well as for a private design firm as a Task Lead on multiple design projects, including the preparation and completion of design submittal packages and documents for various clients, including several school districts, public agencies, and the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC).

Alice Altes, PE

Alice is a Senior Civil Engineer with the City of San Diego. She is a San Diego native and licensed engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from San Diego State University. Alice has over 24 years of experience with water and wastewater projects for the City of San Diego including management of capital improvement projects (CIP), operations and maintenance engineering support, field inspection of construction projects, and in-house design. 

Before coming to Pure Water San Diego in 2021, Alice was the City’s dams and reservoirs operations and maintenance engineer for 3 years. Prior to that, she successfully managed several CIP projects including the ASCE national award-winning Alvarado Water Treatment Plant Ozone Upgrade & Expansion Project.