Managing water, wastewater and stormwater engineering keeps Martha Tasker looking toward the future. As Director of Utilities in Salina, Kansas, she sees the projects as intertwined and as assets to the community.Restoring the original 6.8-mile Smoky Hill River channel through the heart of downtown is one example. “The river was right next to the water treatment plant when it was built,” says Tasker. “The raw water had a lot of sediment and sand in it, which heavy rains flushed out. Unfortunately, the rains also caused seasonal flooding.”In 1961, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed a diversion channel and levee
