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Mary Scruggs is a Supervising Engineering Geologist with the Regional Planning Branch of the Division of Integrated Regional Water Management at the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Mary is the DWR Project Manager for the implementation of SB X7 6, one of the water bills enacted in November 2009. The program is named the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) and it requires monitoring of seasonal groundwater elevations in California’s groundwater basins. Mary has been with DWR since 2003 working on groundwater and integrated regional water management programs. Prior to joining DWR, Mary worked in both the public and private sector including the California Geological Survey, Board for Geologists and Geophysicists, Department of Toxic Substances Control, US Army Corps of Engineers, and consulting firms. She is a California licensed Professional Geologist and Certified Engineering Geologist. Mary received her BS degree in Geology from UC Davis and a MS in Business Administration from Boston University.