Public Servant

Ralph Martini does whatever it takes for his community’s wastewater treatment system — even door-to-door selling when needed
Public Servant
Ralph Martini checks equipment in the headworks building at the Heyburn treatment plant. The Salsnes filter from Blue Water Technologies, located in the building, is the first defense against solids entering the plant.

When Heyburn, Idaho, needed a large sewer rate increase,Ralph Martini went door-to-door in the city of 2,900 people to explain why. In the end, the citizens accepted the reasons and approved a treatment plant upgrade plan that nearly doubled their bills.

“I’m a public servant,”...

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