Matt Dow’s story is truly like father, like son.
His dad set an example that Matt followed into the wastewater treatment profession. The elder Dow brought Matt in one summer to help out at the treatment plant where he worked. Later he coached the Operations Challenge team Matt was on early in his career.“He was in charge of a small lagoon system at one of Vermont’s ski areas,” says Dow, now wastewater facilities manager in Burlington. “I helped him in the summer. He let me get my hands dirtier than most, with experiences like cleaning out a digester. We talked wastewater
