Rice Lake Waterworks
Chad Paulson is the Water Superintendent for Rice Lake Utilities. He began his career with the Utilities in 2016 as the Water Foreman before transitioning into the Superintendent role in 2018. Prior to this, he served as the Foreman for the City Street Department for six years. Chad currently leads a team consisting of a Water Foreman and three operators. Chad is passionate about supplying safe drinking water to the community. Under his leadership, Rice Lake Utilities was the runner-up for the best-tasting water in Wisconsin at this year's Wisconsin Rural Water Association conference. He also takes great interest in infrastructure projects that support community growth and stability while maintaining affordable rates for customers. A longtime resident of Rice Lake, Chad and his wife raised three sons in the community who were active in various sports. Outside of work, he enjoys hunting, fishing, watching baseball, and spending time with his family and three granddaughters. The Thursdays at the U weekly series is free and open to the public thanks to support from the UW-Eau Claire – Barron County Foundation. Neither seating reservations nor parking permits are needed for in-person attendees. Although in-person attendance is encouraged, most talks in the series are livestreamed (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideoplayer.telvue.com%2Fplayer%2FHDwuV3is8s5nNzWpdoDe7ey1dmO7F3CA%2Fplaylists%2F8694%2Fstream%2F865%3Fautostart%3Dtrue%26sequenceNumber%3D1%26showtabssearch%3Dtrue&data=05%7C02%7CWALKOFDS%40uwec.edu%7Cf13a5e6bbf2c4308312f08dd03880331%7Cdd068b97759349388b3214faef2af1d8%7C0%7C0%7C638670604907012062%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UuQsjo7nHe3gTwTkZAnb6hSKH6wAboo%2FQ3v8oFpyokY%3D&reserved=0). They also are archived and can be watched later on the Thursdays at the U (https://barron.uwec.edu/business-community/free-viewing-lecture-series/?_ga=2.171377317.402834410.1672450604-1799238988.1655731488) webpage.