People-Oriented Eric Osborne Helps Utility Select the Right People and Keep Team Members Trained

Eric Osborne ended up in the water industry because of a call from a prospective employer that didn’t come.Now, after 30 years, the industry has given him opportunities and rewards as broad as an ocean. As water production manager for the Henry County (Georgia) Water Authority, Osborne oversees Tussahaw Water Treatment Plant (16.1 mgd) and the Towaliga Water Treatment Plant (24.4 mgd), along with 27 full-time team members, the compliance and process-control labs, water tank maintenance, and major contracts for painting and renovating storage tanks.It’s a big job. Henry County is part of metropolitan Atlanta. In 2017, the county’s estimated