Ask a team of treatment operators to fix an odor problem, improve a process, find ways to conserve energy, or get more from a piece of equipment, and the result just might amaze you. This magazine has been full of stories where operators solved problems faster and at far less cost than remedies cooked up by engineering firms.But ask a group of operators for ways to engage the public in their clean-water mission, and that’s a little bit tougher. The reasons are fairly obvious: Operators signed up to run mechanical, chemical and biological processes that protect waterways and comply with
