EditorialFor This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job

For This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job

Hatfield Award winner Steve Williams oversees a major treatment plant upgrade while looking to a future of water reuse for his Utah utility district.

  • Appeared in print as "In Love With the Career"
  • By Ted J. Rulseh
  • March 2019
  • Top Performer - Operator
For This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job
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For This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job

Investing in a microscope and the training to use it proved to be a big advancement for Steve Williams and his team.

When Steve Williams went to work for the Magna Water and Sewer District in 1977, it was “just a job.” Not anymore.

“It became a career for me,” says Williams, winner of a 2017 William D. Hatfield Award from the Water Environment Association of Utah. “I really got into...

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