Tim Mills operates the town of Bethel, Vermont, wastewater treatment plant all by himself. He’s up early to be at the plant by 6 a.m. He returns each night around 7 o’clock to check on things before he heads to bed.He takes vacations in his RV just eight miles from town so he can maintain close contact with the plant. He’s been doing that since 1987, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle,” says Mills, winner of the 2016 Operator Excellence – Wastewater award from the Green Mountain Water Environment Association. “You
