When you think of getting old, what do you worry about? Many of us worry about the same things: getting ill or...
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Retirement Isn't a Time to Retreat. It's a Time to Have Choices and Stay Active
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New Degree Program in Wisconsin Aims to Help Water Sector Workforce Shortage
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has authorized the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to establish the UW System’s first Bachelor of...
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It's About Improving Infrastructure, Encouraging Employees and Communicating With Customers for This Ohio Operator
Kevin Zebrowski is passionate about making things better. Over his career with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, he has focused on...
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Baltimore Finds an Innovative Way to Recruit a New Generation of Professionals
Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph Chow, P.E., met with department...
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Here's a Network for Grooming Young People for Careers in the Water Professions
“The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our...
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Meeting Challenges Is All in a Day's Work for the Water Plant Team in Central City, Kentucky
The Central City (Kentucky) Water Treatment Plant was on the point of filling a major new demand when a change in federal...
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The Craigsville Water Plant Team Pulls Together to Tackle Challenges and Steadily Improve the Process
Anyone can see the main challenge confronting the team at the Craigsville (West Virginia) Public Service District. It’s the red-tinted water that...
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A Regional Approach to Recruiting a New Generation of Water Professionals
We all know it: The industry needs bright, young operators to replace those retiring. Approaches to recruitment are many: internships, apprenticeships, military...
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See How Students Approached the Challenge of Creating Water Tower Models
Filling the void created by retiring water professionals is a nationwide challenge. So is the question of how to expose young people...
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A Kentucky City Partners With a Community College on an Operator Apprenticeship Program
The Kentucky city of Prestonsburg is partnering with Big Sandy Community & Technical College to create an apprenticeship program that will help...
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Career Path Program Could Fill the Operator Retirement Gap
Baby boomers are retiring from the clean-water industry in record numbers, and there is strong competition in the trades for the kinds...
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Q&A: Kansas Municipal Utilities Talks About $3.2 Million Training Center
Training is always important in the water professions, but especially when the supply of qualified operators looks to be drying up.Facing a...
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The Fire Chief Project: New York Marks 2015 As 'Year of the Operator'
Industry leaders today are brainstorming the Utility of the Future. Suppose that utility takes shape but no one is there to operate...
