Wearing Multiple Hats. Many Irons in the Fire. That Describes This Ohio Operator.

As manager of the Lima Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kim Furry certainly has her hands full. She is in charge of an Ohio facility that handles a dry-weather design flow of 18 mgd (12 mgd average, 70 mgd peak capacity). She’s also responsible for 32 lift stations, a 13 million-gallon combined sewer overflow basin and 19 permitted CSO discharges to the Ottawa River.Along with all that, Furry fulfills numerous volunteer positions with the Water Environment Federation and the Ohio Water Environment Association, in that latter case as president. She’s also a member of the American Water Works Association.Add 10 published wastewater-related articles