Remember the adage, “Youth must be served?” At the Montpelier Water Resource Recovery Facility, chief operator Chris Cox and his young staff are the ones doing the serving.They operate the 3.97 mgd (design) plant in Vermont’s capital efficiently, cost-effectively and in a way that produces effluent quality much higher than tough state and federal regulations require.Since he joined the plant in January 2012 for his first job in the wastewater field, Cox, 27, has built some serious credentials. He has assembled an energetic team that includes Matt Lamson, 26, assistant chief operator; and Sam Campbell-Nelson, 30, operator. The team’s senior
