Meeting Challenges Is All in a Day's Work for the Water Plant Team in Central City, Kentucky

A plant in western Kentucky finds creative ways to deal with the challenges of an aging workforce and excess treatment capacity.

Meeting Challenges Is All in a Day's Work for the Water Plant Team in Central City, Kentucky

Jordan Hooper, left, operator, and Jeff Ford, head of maintenance, perform routine maintenance work on the scraper motor for the sedimentation tanks.

The Central City (Kentucky) Water Treatment Plant was on the point of filling a major new demand when a change in federal rules took it away. That left the plant with greatly expanded capacity but not enough customers.

At the same time, the attractiveness of employment in larger...

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