MARCELINA RIDDLE

• Supervise staff processing water rights, permits, and records for regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate daily workflow across field operations, office tasks, and deadline-driven assignments.
• Review applications and supporting documents for accuracy, completeness, and policy alignment.
• Train employees on agency procedures, records management, and customer service standards.
• Monitor priorities, assign workloads, and adjust staffing to maintain efficient service delivery.
• Streamline inventory management processes, leading to more organized and effective work.

To deepen my understanding of Idaho water law, I transitioned to the Western Regional Office to support IDWR’s Water Allocation section.

• Water Rights Management: Process water right applications, transfers, ownership changes, and beneficial use examinations, ensuring compliance with Idaho water law.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Assist in hiring processes, lead settlement conferences, and provide guidance to junior staff and stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration: Work with administrative assistants, regional managers, and legal teams to resolve disputes and streamline water resource operations.
• Data Management: Utilize and manage data within the Workflow application to track and organize water rights information efficiently.
• Public Engagement: Create and present technical information to diverse audiences, field questions from the public regarding water right allocation, and participate in water district meetings to support stakeholders.
• Complaint Resolution: Serve as the primary point of contact for water-related complaints, investigate issues, and coordinate enforcement actions with supervisors, regional managers, and the enforcement team.
• Project Management: Lead and manage water resource projects, including tracking application statuses,and facilitating settlement conferences for protested cases.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Maintain accurate records, track project progress, and prepare reports on water rights, permit resolutions, and complaint outcomes.

After completing my work with IDWR in the summer of 2020, I continued working with the Statewide Sampling Program at IDWR. This provided me with an opportunity to improve my technical skill sets.

• Technical writing experience authoring proposals & standard operating procedures.
• Working with the data management system WISKI.
• Experience analyzing water quality data using Excel and statistical methods.
• Creating and presenting technical information.
• Working with the Ground Water Management Technical Committee.
• Fielding questions from the public on water quality.
• Furthering my knowledge with ArcMap and Excel.

Working for IDWR as a contractor via The Idaho Bureau of Labs provided the opportunity to further my knowledge on ground water quality in Idaho. Duties included but were not limited to:

• Following Standard Operating Procedures to collect water quality sample for nutrients, metals, common ions, pesticides, and emerging contaminants.
• Conducting sampling visits with private well property owners and public entities.
• Calibrating, operating, and maintaining a multi-meter probe (Orion Star A329) to collect field parameters (temperature, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH).
• Collecting field data using mobile data collection applications (ArcGIS Collector and Survey123 applications).
• Operating government-owned vehicles in the performance of official duties.
• Using GPS to navigate into remote locations and record locations of wells.

As a WASH Volunteer I worked in rural areas of northern Peru. Work tasks included but were not limited to:

• Analyzing local water systems for efficiency and functionality.
• Training local water committees on how to maintain and improved water systems.
• Assisting the municipality in identifying water sources for creating a new water system.
• Taking water samples monthly to analyze the water quality., Working with the health post to identify at risk families limited access to clean water.
• Manage a team of local water experts to create healthy water systems.
• Create local water committees that help maintain the local water system.
• Train local authorities in communicating with the local government officials to express needs.