An economic downturn gave Paul Desrosiers his start in wastewater. At the time, a few decades ago, he thought his detour away from teaching would be temporary.
Desrosiers is technical advisor for operations with the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island. Until two years ago he was superintendent of the commission’s Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, one of two that collect wastewater from Providence and surrounding communities.
Desrosiers enjoyed the superintendent’s job, yet there was a strong in-house candidate to succeed him. To nurture talent and take advantage of Desrosiers’ experience, his superiors created the technical advisor position for him. “I’ve kind of got
