A Massachusetts Operator Didn't Shy Away From a Challenge to Take on a New Career Role

Paula Ely started her career as a lab technician but now divides her time between lab tests and plant operations in the town of Great Barrington.

A Massachusetts Operator Didn't Shy Away From a Challenge to Take on a New Career Role

Paula Ely relies on lab test results as a key indicator of how the treatment plant is functioning.

Paula Ely was surprised a couple of decades ago when her clean-water plant superintendent took her aside and said, “I want you to become an operator.”

Surprised because she was perfectly happy working in the lab at the Pittsfield (Massachusetts) Wastewater Treatment Plant....

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