A major turning point in Wayne Ramey’s career came at his department Christmas party in 1988. His boss, the Public Works director, asked him if he wanted to be superintendent of the 1.9 mgd wastewater treatment plant in Louisville, Colorado.
He was nervous about taking the job. He wasn’t sure his crew would support him because he’d just earned his Class A (highest) wastewater operator license earlier that year. And he’d only started at Louisville in March 1987.
The crew said they’d back him, so he took the job. He had learned computer skills from a teammate, and he had learned
