Our Tech Talk article this month, written by a group of professionals from Texas, makes excellent points about improving communication between engineers and operators. Why on earth shouldn’t those two disciplines talk constantly as plans are made for a new treatment plant or upgrade?Engineers often get accused of living in ivory towers, designing things that don’t necessarily work in the real world. But the best engineers I’ve known are all about creating designs that solve problems for the people on the front lines. On the other hand, stories in TPO have often cited cases where engineers asked to solve a
