![At 15 Daniel Wurst Was Running a Wastewater Treatment Plant. It Was a Door That Opened After His Parents Died.](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftelford_wwtp_-1.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=620&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=1024&s=3eafbf02e3be1646b3f340d103c3441f)
The team at the Telford Borough Authority includes, from left, Warren Harris, collections foreman; Gary Yoder, public works director; William Mattson, operator; Daniel Wurst, wastewater superintendent; and William McCue, operator.
Daniel Wurst was young when he started his career. At 15 he was running a wastewater treatment plant. It was a door that opened because his parents died.
“I was the youngest in my family,” he says. “I had a brother who was in his 30s when my parents died. All my cousins were...