2023 Tony Torchia Award Nominations
The Tony Torchia Award is given to one person each year in recognition of special contribution to the water/wastewater field in Vermont. Submit your nomination for the 2023 award by February 28.
Water Heroes: Stub Parker
Leslie (Stub) Parker retired from Danville’s Wastewater Treatment Facility at the end of October after 39 years as the Chief Operator.
Stub was the first, and only, operator from the facility’s opening in 1983 to his retirement in 2022.
Your O&M Manual: A useful guide or a thorn in your side?
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals are considered living documents, so they should be updated whenever something at your system changes. Ideally, this manual is not just fulfilling the requirements of the Water Supply Rule, but is a useful guide for the water system.
Water & Wastewater Workers: Value Them and Retain Them
by Paula Jackson This article was published in the winter 2022–2023 issue of our newsletter. For the past three years I have been working on Vermont Rural Water’s Apprenticeship Program. During this time I have learned so much about the current lack of water and...Cold Weather Safety
Working outside in cold weather poses special challenges and requires extra precautions. Read on for safety suggestions for water and wastewater workers.