What do coal mining and wastewater treatmenthave in common? Plenty, says Bernie Kozlovac, manager of the Ebensburg (Pa.) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Safety was imperative when he worked in the mines at the start of his career, and later as he operated acid mine drainage treatment plants for Bethlehem Coal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities for Sony. And now he stresses safety above all else as he supervises the 2.0-mgd sequencing batch reactor plant that serves the 2,100 residents of Ebensburg, between Pittsburgh and Altoona.
It’s paying off. The Central Pennsylvania Water Quality Association gave Ebensburg its 2008 Class 1 Facility Safety Award.
