When Darrin Boyer looks intothe microscope, he likes what he sees. “I’m fascinated by the different protozoa, the population densities, the most prominent filamentous,” he says. “You can really tell the health of the plant. I take a look every other day for about an hour or so; not because I need to, but because it’s really interesting.”
Boyer, who’s been in the clean water profession for 31 of his 50 years, is superintendent of the Plano, Ill., Water Reclamation Facility, a 2.4 mgd biological nutrient removal plant about 45 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Started up in 2006, the plant’s
