When I learned I had been selected by GOVERNING Magazine as one of their 2014 Public Officials of the Year, I was pleased beyond words for the reasons most would guess, and one most would not. The reaction that is expected, although not any less special, is to feel humble and grateful that I am
I was delighted to meet the new President and Chief Executive Officer of The DC Chamber of Commerce Harry Wingo several months back, and even more so when I learned about one of the reasons for his visit to Blue Plains. He informed me that I had been selected as the 2014 Business Leader of
We recently honored the 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act by hosting a Toast to Tap event at CityCenter in downtown Washington, D.C. We were grateful for CityCenter providing the venue in a new park surrounded by both water fountains and city streets, and I was pleased to speak to the enthusiastic crowd
Maintenance saves the world! Every day, all over the world, maintenance men and women are both protecting us and saving money. In the water world we often think our efforts are unheralded, and within our unheralded world, the most unheralded work may be maintenance. Yet there is a good case that their work is near
WEFTEC, the annual trade show for the folks who serve our nation’s wastewater systems, has come and gone again. WEFTEC is put on each year by the amazing staff at the Water Environment Federation, and rotates between Chicago and New Orleans. I attended this year in the Big Easy and was yet again staggered by
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