September 7, 2017 | Press
Resilience in the Face of the Brain Drain
Some of waterTALENT’s water and wastewater operators that are stepping in to the gap created by increased retirements....
July 7, 2017 | Operator, waterNotes
Four Reasons to Use an Outside Partner for Your Staff Contingency Plan
In a perfect world, we’d all get plenty of advance notice for those times when we need to staff up. But how often does that happen? If you’re responsible for staffing or managing critical infrastructure, such as a water or wastewater treatment facility, it pays to be prepared for the unexpected. One of the best ways to do so is by creating your own staffing contingency plan....
June 16, 2017 | Press
Old Water Operators Don’t Retire, They Just …
How I envy licensed water and wastewater operators. Their skills are always be needed, so they can work until they die. No one needs retired journalists, so I’ll have to find another line of work....
April 18, 2017 | Wastewater Regulations, waterNotes
The Wastewater Compliance Risks You Don’t See
Say you’re minding your own business, year after year without incident. Suddenly, out of the blue you get hit with a steep fine from the Environmental Protection Agency. Maybe you never even saw it coming. What happened?...
April 18, 2017 | Wastewater Plant, waterNotes
What To Do When Your Plant Staff Is In Transition
Are you responsible for hiring the new manager or operator for a water or wastewater plant? Obviously, you want to find the most qualified and experienced candidate. What may not be so obvious is how to determine who has the right mix of expertise for the position, or what to do when you can’t find the right person soon enough....
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