The 4.7 mgd Dover (N.H.) Wastewater Treatment Facility operates under facility supervisor Ray Vermette — who also serves as chief operator. "It makes me have a busy day," Vermette acknowledges.
With this last promotion, he earned more responsibility, more pay, and a home-based laptop computer connected to the facility SCADA system. By summer, the SCADA connection was to be streamed to his Android phone, enabling him to address emergencies quickly even while on the move.
Adopting the "latest and greatest" technology has helped the city pare its facility staff to seven team members — fewer
