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Milwaukee Water Works (MWW), Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and Veolia Water Milwaukee collaborated on the online job fair. Key players included, from left, Andi Kneeland, communications and community relations manager with Veolia; Aaron Saeugling, water systems and projects manager with the water works; Lisa Sasso, MMSD senior project planner; Jeff Spence, MMSD director of community outreach and business engagement; and Kamisha Harris, water marketing specialist with the water works.
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Milwaukee Water Works were challenged to create more awareness of water jobs available to area residents. The answer: A virtual jobs fair.
Milwaukee was part of a seven-city cohort chosen by the U. S. Water Alliance under its Water...