The story of Bari Wrubel proves that hard work early on can still pay off. Wrubel is the supervisor of the 3.6 mgd (average) wastewater treatment plant and the 9 mgd water treatment plant in Marysville, Mich. Nearly 20 years ago, he thought he wanted to be a mechanical engineer.“When I graduated from high school, I took a summer job at the city,” he recalls. “At that time, I was planning on going to the local community college to take two years and then transfer to Oakland University for my degree. But when I worked that first summer, I started
