Tim Mills operates the town of Bethel, Vermont, wastewater treatment plant all by himself. He’s up early to be at the plant...
Vactor Manufacturing Articles
Editorial
The Fast Track: An Operator's Journey to Wastewater Supervisor
Working 10 years for the Street Department in the Missouri city of Carrollton didn’t prepare Tammy Hamblen for her move to the...
Editorial
Ingenuity and an Electrical Engineering Technology Degree Are Strong Assets for an Ohio Operator
Until the upgrade for the Warren (Ohio) Water Pollution Control facility becomes reality, Mike Welke and his crews nurse and coerce every...
Editorial
What Does Alaskan Fishing Have to Do With Wastewater?
Commercial fishing played a big role in the development of Petersburg, Alaska. It also has a lot to do with successful operation...
Editorial
Oconto River Guardian: Wisconsin Operator Protects A Community Resource
Steve Woodworth would never claim to be some kind of celebrity, but the fact is most people around the City of Oconto know...
Editorial
Breaking Trail
For 52 years, a cheese factory employed many residents of Cumberland, Wis. In 1953, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) required the...
Editorial
A Total Team Effort
The South Lyon Clean Water Plant is animportant line of defense in what the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) classifies as...
Editorial
More Than he Wished For
The job nobody wanted was a dream come true for Gilbert Sanchez. “I had just graduated from high school,” he recalls. “I...
Editorial
School to Work
At a treatment plant that has been practicingbiological nutrient removal (BNR) for more than 20 years and enjoys a unique relationship with...
Editorial
Taking Ownership
Growing up in East Chicago, Ind., Pete Baranyai sometimes saw snow tinted orange or blackened with soot from particulate matter released by...
Editorial
A Home Run Career
If Tim Woodward weren’t such a hard-charger, he might not be superintendent of the award-winning Turkey Creek (Ind.) Regional Sewer District Wastewater...












