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The team at the Plantation Water Treatment Plant includes, from left, Christopher Surgener, plant technician; Helga Bundy, lead operator; Al Purvis, chief plant operator; Bradley Leachman, apprentice operator; and Daniel Myklejord and Adam Hamblin, operators.
When the City of Leesburg in Florida took over a water plant serving a large subdivision, it inherited a facility that did not meet customers’ demands.
A homeowner association had owned the plant, and customers were plagued by low water pressure, made worse by limited system...