I was delighted to read your blog post concerning industrial wastewater treatment plant operators. Biological wastewater treatment is not that different, whether municipal or industrial. I have been in the wastewater field since 1974. I received my Pennsylvania license in 1976 and my New Jersey industrial license in 1982. I was inducted into the Water Environment Federation Quarter Century Operators Club in 2003. I still maintain both wastewater licenses.
The biological processes are the same, although the industrial wastewater may be a bit more potent. I operated a municipal 8.8 mgd Unox/trickling filter plant for four years and a high-strength carbohydrate
