From left to right, Tom Cason, lab technician; Tyson Geisler and Eric Farritor, operators; Sam Trent, operator; Adam Anderson, maintenance worker; and Doug Meyer, superintendent, help keep the North Platte (Nebraska) Wastewater Treatment Facility up and running. (Photo by Kamie Stephen)
A desire to help the city of North Platte, Nebraska, motivates its five operators to tackle even complex motor and pump repairs. “We’re always listening for the whine of a motor bearing going out in the two aeration basins,” says Tyson Geisler, operator.
Each basin has three...
