Arnie Bevins was among the early waves of wastewater treatment operators who joined the profession in 1971, soon after passage of the original Clean Water Act. Trained by the U.S. government, he recalls going to school full-time, six and a half hours per day, for six months before starting work.His first job was at the Town of Vernon (Conn.) Water Pollution Control Facility, and that’s where he remains. He worked his way up the ranks to assistant director of the town’s Water Pollution Control Department, and in that role he functions as plant manager for a 4.7 mgd regional treatment
