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Poofighters Operations Challenge Team Showcases Careers in Wastewater

Process laboratory specialist Suzanne Potts is part of an effort to attract new people to the profession by showing wastewater careers as dynamic and fun
  • By Scottie Dayton
  • January 15, 2018

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Poofighters Operations Challenge Team Showcases Careers in Wastewater
Process laboratory specialist Suzanne Potts filters samples as part of the Total Suspended solids test at the King County West Point Treatment laboratory on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Seattle. (Photo by Stephen Brashear)

Forming the four-member Poofighters Operations Challenge team was one way the King County Wastewater Treatment Division sought to attract recruits to the industry. The team is named after the Seattle-based Foo Fighters rock band.

“Like wastewater facilities nationwide, King...

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