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The team at the Fair Oaks Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant includes, from left, Roland Rios, utility operator; Brandon Garrettson, plant supervisor; and Bill Champion and Juan Ramirez, utility operators.
When a wastewater treatment staff literally lives at the plant for five straight days during an ice storm, you’d expect them to win an award.
That’s exactly what happened at the Fair Oaks Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant, a few miles west of San Antonio. The 0.5 mgd (design)...