Rising costs. Tightening regulations. New contaminants. Increased public scrutiny.The water-wastewater profession faces significant challenges, notes Brian Goetz, deputy director of public works in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.He should know. His utility has been addressing PFAS contamination in a part of the city’s water supply since May 2014. Parts of the city’s water system are 200 years old. The high cost of housing and growing complexity of the jobs make it difficult to attract new qualified treatment operators.And Goetz doesn’t sugarcoat his opinions: “I can’t think of any working profession that’s less understood today than water and wastewater treatment. I love my
