As certified operators at a wastewater treatment plant in Littlerock, Wash., Derek Williams and Anthony Nitsch are looking for new opportunities anywhere in the country. Their boss, Ed Burns, would be happy to see them leave his plant at the Cedar Creek Corrections Center and move into careers in the wastewater industry.
Williams and Nitsch are inmates at the Cedar Creek minimum-security prison southwest of Olympia. While incarcerated, both have earned their Group 2 Wastewater and Group I Water Distribution certificates.
Another inmate, Dustin Harris, just started the prison’s 4,000-hour operator’s course. Their hopes are to have a career in the field,
