With a staff of only two, you would think an organization responsible for training all wastewater treatment plant operators in a state would be stretched beyond the breaking point.
That is not the case in Maine, where the Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee (JETCC) depends on partnerships with plants, equipment and supply companies, regulatory agencies, and operators themselves to keep plant operators fully licensed and certified.
The success of JETCC shows in the 2010 Regional Wastewater Operator Training Provider Excellence Award its training coordinator Leeann Hanson recently received from the U.S. EPA. Hanson and administrative assistant Spring Connolly have the job of
