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Leading members of the Milwaukee Water Works team include, from left, Theo Rafaelidys, senior water treatment officer in charge; John Bielinski, operations manager; Jacob DeBelak, senior water treatment officer in charge; Daniel Welk, water plant manager; Mike Dwyer, senior water treatment officer in charge; Michael Schaefer, water security manager; and Ryan Dienhart, steamfitter.
Daniel Welk holds two college degrees and a Wisconsin Surface Water Treatment certification.
But a key component of his education in the water treatment sector came through the school of hard knocks. Welk was a chemist with the Milwaukee Water Works at the time of the...