On a visit with the grandsons last summer, 6-year-old Tucker out of the blue began talking about the “water wasting treatment plant.” Apparently he had learned about such things on an episode of a Curious George TV program.
“Don’t you mean wastewater treatment plant?” I say.
“No, water wasting treatment plant,” Tucker insists.
All right then. “Well,” I say, “did you know you have a water wasting treatment plant right here in town?” (That’s Plymouth, Wisconsin.)
Tucker’s eyes light up. “Can I go see it?”
“Yes,” I say. “I’ll take you there in the morning. I know the man who runs
