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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001434728-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWRS"
cik: "0001434728"
company_name: "Global Water Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:50:56.995583+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Water Resources appoints Chris Krygier as COO; salary set at $250,000

## Summary
- Appointed Christopher D. Krygier as COO effective Feb 6, 2023; previously Chief Strategy Officer since June 2020.
- Annual base salary increased to $250,000; all other terms of employment unchanged.
- Krygier brings 15+ years experience in operations, regulatory, and capital deployment; oversaw 75,000 water/wastewater customers at Liberty Utilities.
- Company has acquired 12 utilities since 2017; recent Farmers Water acquisition added 3,300 connections in Pima County.
- Krygier will oversee Arizona operations, regulatory affairs, and growth initiatives including Inland Port Arizona mega-site.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001434728-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWRS
- cik: 0001434728
- company_name: Global Water Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000058/0001434728-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000058/gwrs-20230206.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001434728-23-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher D. Krygier was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Global Water Resources, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 6, 2023, Global Water Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christopher D. Krygier as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434728/000143472823000058/0001434728-23-000058-index.htm

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