At the same recent event in Salt Lake City, during which David Ross — the Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator for water — called water treatment plant operators “silent everyday unsung heroes,” he also pointed out that roughly one-third of water/wastewater operators in the nation will be eligible to retire in the next decade.
With limited public awareness of sewer and water careers, bringing this issue to the forefront is a crucial step in meeting the challenge of recruiting and retaining skilled workers in today’s high-tech water sector.That’s the reason the EPA has announced its Water Workforce Initiative at the 92nd annual
