In 1982 Doug Armstrong started as an operator trainee at the South Wastewater Treatment Plant in Addison, Illinois.
At age 20, he was just looking for a better job to support his family. Little did he know that he was starting a career leading to his present role as foreman of the city’s North Wastewater Treatment Plant.“Just out of high school, you don’t even realize these plants exist,” he says. “The thought of ever doing this was the farthest from my mind. I really didn’t think that far into the future. I was recently married. I never thought I would be

























