What do wastewater treatment plant operators do?
Wastewater treatment is an emerging field. Due to ever-increasing environmenal regulations, highly complex industrial processes are used to treat industrial and municipal wastewater. Gradually the need for well-qualified trained operators is being mandated nation-wide. Most of the wastewater treatment facilities are low-profile enterprises and difficult to notice even if you drive past them. Large cities have dozens of such plants. Generally within a ten-mile radius you are likely to find at least five wastewater treatment plants. In a wastewater treatment plant, municipal and some industrial wastewater is accepted and treated to make it safe before it is released into the natural environment. The treatment processes include sedimentation, clarification, digestion, etc. Large size pumps and sophisticated control systems are also used. Historically, many wastewater treatment plants have been operated by people with no formal training. Therefore, people with formal training have favorabl
