Do wastewater operators and wastewater workers in general get enough credit for the work they do? Leaders of the Denver (Colo.) Metro Wastewater Reclamation District didn’t think so. So in 2002, the district staff arranged for the governor of Colorado (then Bill Owens) to proclaim Wastewater Worker Recognition Week.
Since then, every year during the week of Earth Day in April, the state’s governor has issued the same proclamation. Taking things a step farther, the Denver district now marks the week by treating all employees to a special breakfast hosted by district manager Catherine Gerali and served by the six department
