The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee heard from state and regional administrators who work on water and wastewater projects, every day.
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”The money has to come from somewhere to be able to pay these folks, Grinstead said. I don t know what the magic answer for that is but it does happen. It s our desire to add more operators to the field. Hopefully there ll be enough eventually to get moved around and these smaller systems can hire somebody that s certified that can do the job and do it correctly and those safely.”
In 2019, a study from the University of North Carolina School of Government suggested that one way to address the shortage is through apprenticeship or training programs.
The National Rural Water Association created a program meant to preserve institutional knowledge of the systems.
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