Walking in Their Shoes

The mayor of a Connecticut city uses job shadowing to gain an appreciation for the work wastewater operators do daily
Walking in  Their Shoes
The Groton Pollution Abatement Facility team includes, from left, Steve Scarpa, senior operator; Josh Rezendes, senior operator and past intern; Jim Bowdy, lab technician; Marian Galbraith, mayor of Groton; Kevin Cini, chief plant operator; Kelsey Reeves, Grasso Technical High School intern; Eric Melason, operator helper and past intern.

“I wish they could spend a day walking in my shoes.”

How many wastewater treatment operators have entertained that thought in connection with the public officials in their communities? A goodly number, no doubt.

Marian Galbraith, mayor of Groton, Conn., granted that wish for the...

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