Source: AP News
Local officials in Mississippi’s capital city, where a late summer water crisis upended life for 150,00 people, have approved an emergency plan to increase staffing at the city’s two water treatment plants. ...
Name: Thomas Bond Current Position: Electromechanical Technician (EMT) Experience/Certifications: 39 years in the Water and Wastewater industries. I currently hold a CA T3 D3...
waterTALENT operator Sabrina Sims talks about her career in water/wastewater, some of the challenges the industry faces, and her experience working with waterTALENT...
On Aug. 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. During the following days and weeks, more than 1270 mm (50 in.) of precipitation fell in the greater area around the City of Houston. This wet weather led to significant flooding and disruption or failure...
waterTALENT has over 600 licensed, qualified, experienced water and wastewater operators (mostly Grades III, IV, and V) who deploy to districts and utilities around California that are flexing through a staff transition and in need of experienced operators for treatment, distribution, collections, control systems technicians,...
Source: Water Online...
Source: TPO Magazine
A temporary supervisor helps a California water district through a staffing transition and in the bargain adds valuable insights on system operations and future planning....
The US water and wastewater sector is facing a serious workforce crisis. By some estimates, nearly half of the country’s top-level water and wastewater operators—the third pillar of public safety alongside firefighters and police officers—will retire in the next 12 to 18 months....
When hurricanes hit, water infrastructure, treatment plant operations, and water quality are all at risk. In extreme situations such as Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the need for water and wastewater experts — namely operators and engineers — far exceeds that which is available from local...
Some of waterTALENT’s water and wastewater operators that are stepping in to the gap created by increased retirements....