In the same week recently I heard from two professionals — one each from the wastewater and drinking water sides — about the merits of calling treatment plants something else, and giving people who work in them different titles.From Sam Wade, deputy CEO of the National Rural Water Association: “The NRWA and state Rural Water Associations ... have launched the campaign to refer to the staff who operate water and wastewater systems as water or wastewater system operations specialists.”From Jack Saltes, P.E., wastewater operations engineer for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Water Quality: “The Water Environment Federation
