It’s as close to a sporting event as anything you’ll find in the environ-mental service profession. The Water Environment Federation’s annual Operations Challenge seems to draw more attention each year.And believers will tell you it means a great deal more than wholesome competition and bragging rights. Those who take part each year benefit by learning how to be better teammates and by developing skills that can help them advance to higher levels and more responsibility in their organizations.The competition includes five events in which teams of four (led by a coach) race against time to complete a detailed series of







