Since the days of the original Clean Water Act, operations and maintenance personnel have struggled with problems in wastewater treatment plants caused by flaws in design. The problems include safety hazards, difficulty sampling and monitoring streams, problems getting to equipment for maintenance or repair, and more.
Most such problems can be prevented during design if operators and engineers work together. It’s not just a matter of engineers coming down from their ivory towers to live in the real world. It’s also a matter of plant managers, supervisors and operators going to engineers with their issues and desires early in the process
