Wastewater treatment is a family affair for Dale Grudier II.
Now director of operations and maintenance at the 40 mgd Bergen Point treatment facility serving Suffolk County Sanitary District 3 in West Babylon, New York, Grudier got his start by going out on sewer calls with his late father back in the 1970s.He joined the Suffolk County Department of Public Works in 1985, helping operate the scavenger waste facility. Today he holds a 4A (highest) Wastewater Operator license and oversees a staff of 100.His wife Donna is also an operator, in charge of the treatment plant at the New York village



























