Editor’s Note: During February 2015, operator Jeff Kalmes had the opportunity to take his wastewater skills to Bermuda where he worked as a substitute operator at a plant for two and a half weeks. Call it a working vacation, if you will, but it gave Kalmes the chance to get back to the basics and experience wastewater treatment in a new way. Here’s his story:We all know how our own plants run. We know what an upset looks like, how our plant is piped, and how our plant functions. We know what is typical for our own plant. But what
Operator Paradise: Vacationing at a Bermuda Treatment Plant
What happens when you take away the comfort of technology? Here’s how one operator went back to the basics of wastewater treatment during a working vacation in a tropical climate.
Sep 21, 2015
| by Jeff Kalmes |
