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Which one should you follow to reach the optimum life and career satisfaction? Or can they be one and the same?

The first step toward making aspirations become real is committing to a course of action with no thought that failure is even a possibility

The Responsible Flushing Alliance teaches about wipes from the paper goods company perspective. That doesn’t mean its messages lack value.

In endeavors from warfare to poker, from chess to football, from investing to water treatment, success goes first to the owner of a sound strategy

The Professional Operator credential is a mark of competency and dedication to the trade. So why don’t more water and wastewater operators pursue it?

The One Water concept helps point the way to the most sustainable ways to manage earth’s most essential resource

The WEF Operations Challenge is a great exercise in team-building and celebrating excellence. The names of the teams are an important part of the fun.

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Sometimes we are not the best judges of our own capabilities. Sometimes we give ourselves less credit than we deserve, while others see our real worth.

The water sector is full of opportunities for utilities to borrow and adapt ideas and best practices from others, without fear of consequences

A public works director read my column about a slow pace of work in the public sector. His response was a point well taken.

A college friend’s pet theory, built on experience, points to a flaw in traditional approaches to managing public infrastructure.

Realities of the government world are part of the reason. But maybe much of the difference from the private sector comes down to culture and attitudes.

Lead in drinking water reared its head again in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Why are we worried about PFAS while lead service lines threaten to continue poisoning children?