Dustin Preheim spent 10 years as a landscape designer developing backyard environments for homeowners. Now he designs the environments for hardworking bacteria at a wastewater treatment plant.
It was an unusual career move, but it has worked out. “I’ve been doing this now for 10 years, and I do not regret my career change whatsoever,” Preheim says. “I’m way better suited for this kind of work.”Preheim, water reclamation supervisor with the Harrisburg Water Reclamation Facility, received the 2022 William Brinker Award from the South Dakota AWWA recognizing exemplary performance by a wastewater operator.
Brand new plantPreheim helped build the Harrisburg Water Reclamation
