Mike Turley considers treating wastewater one of the most valuable services municipalities provide to their residents.
Turley, 58, is supervisor of Waste Water Reclamation for the Village of New Lenox, Ill., overseeing three treatment plants with a combined 3.6 mgd flow. The effluent permits are some of the most restrictive in the state because the plants discharge to sensitive waters. Plant 1 discharges to Hickory Creek, one of the most pristine waterways in the Chicago area.
Turley has spent much of his career emphasizing that wastewater treatment is a keystone to advanced civilization and instilling its importance in his staff and to
