Anyone first entering the wastewater field should consider themselves lucky if they’re hooked up with an old-timer — someone who’s been on the job for decades and has seen first-hand how things used to be done. These wastewater veterans have witnessed the history of your treatment plant. They’ve struggled with outdated equipment, cleaned up untold amounts of sloppy messes and they’ve managed to stay safe doing it.I’ve been on the job since 1986, when I started working for the town of Billerica’s wastewater treatment plant in Massachusetts. I came into the industry untrained, and I had no idea what I
