After a career of 40 years, 17 in public water treatment, Robert McVicker still finds satisfaction in new challenges and the chance to improve.He has done it all, from operating, maintaining, inspecting and auditing military, private and municipal water plants and distribution systems, to producing water with ion exchange, reverse osmosis, distillation and package plants. As chief operator of the 1.3 mgd Kingwood (W.Va.) surface water filtration plant and distribution system, his greatest challenge is running the facility with only two certified operators.“Making the water is the easy part, but there is so much else to take care of to
