At age 48, Kevin Cini is the second youngest operator on the staff of six at the City of Groton (Conn.) Wastewater Treatment Facility.
The one younger team member is junior operator Joshua (Josh) Rezendes, who came on board full-time two years ago by way of the plant’s internship program. Cini, chief plant operator, sees interns as the key to finding and developing the next generation of wastewater treatment professionals.
The internship program, offered through Grasso Technical High School in Groton, gives high school seniors-to-be exposure to and hands-on experience with the profession that they otherwise might never get. Cini hopes a
