Dan Easton is a Supervising Engineer in the System Operations group at MBK Engineers. Dan specializes in water resources planning in California and has over 15 years of experience using CalSim to model SWP and CVP operations under changed hydrology, infrastructure, and regulatory regimes. Dan has performed CalSim modeling in support of numerous projects at the statewide, regional, and local levels. While with the California Department of Water Resources, he provided modeling support for the analysis of climate change impacts on California’s water resources. Dan also performed modeling in support of environmental documentation for the In-Delta Storage Project.

At MBK Engineers, Dan has conducted operations analysis in support of environmental documentation for the Upper San Joaquin River Storage Investigations, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, the Los Vaqueros Expansion Project, and the Delta-Mendota Canal - San Joaquin River Recirculation. Dan has extensive experience in the development and application of modeling tools for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Project. Dan received his master's degree in Water Resources Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Loyola Marymount University.