If it’s individual initiative you’re looking for, take a gander at Gardner, Kan. There you’ll find Scott Millholland and his crew of four keeping the Kill Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant spit-polish clean, cutting the grass, shoveling the snow, and doing 99 percent of the maintenance, while keeping the plant well within compliance and seriously safe.
And by the way, they’ve also optimized the solids handling process, saving the city at least $40,000 a year, and have held plant operations expenditures at or below the previous year’s level since 2007. “We do it all,” says Millholland, wastewater supervisor, “and we love what
