{"id":439091,"date":"2026-09-17T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439091\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:54:09","slug":"new-government-relations-manager-joins-coastal-water-authority-lake-houston-humble-kingwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439091\/","title":{"rendered":"New government relations manager joins Coastal Water Authority | Lake Houston &#8211; Humble &#8211; Kingwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"www.coastalwaterauthority.org\">Coastal Water Authority<\/a>\u2014which provides untreated water to municipalities in Harris, Chambers and Liberty Counties\u2014has selected a new leader to oversee the authority\u2019s communications, according to an Aug. 21 news release.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s new<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Mathers was chosen as CWA\u2019s new government relations manager, per the release. In this position, Mathers will focus on engaging policymakers and stakeholders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His background and relationships will strengthen CWA&#8217;s ability to communicate our mission, build lasting partnerships and advocate for the long-term water needs of the communities and industries we serve,\u201d CWA Executive Director Greg Olinger said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Career history<\/p>\n<p>Mathers most recently worked for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twdb.texas.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Texas Water Development Board<\/a>, according to the release. His prior experience also includes positions as:<\/p>\n<p>What else?<\/p>\n<p>CWA is a conservation and reclamation district that provides raw surface water to municipalities including Houston, Baytown and Deer Park, according to the authority\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coastal Water Authority\u2014which provides untreated water to municipalities in Harris, Chambers and Liberty Counties\u2014has selected a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[46356,152084,152078,152082,152083,152079,152077,56,75943,58,57,152076,6042,152080,152081],"class_list":["post-439091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-coastal-water-authority","tag-coastal-water-authority-chambers-county","tag-coastal-water-authority-government-relations-manager","tag-coastal-water-authority-harris-county","tag-coastal-water-authority-liberty-county","tag-coastal-water-authority-water","tag-greg-olinger","tag-houston","tag-houston-drinking-water","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-jonathan-mathers","tag-texas-water-development-board","tag-water-houston","tag-water-provider-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}