I picked up The Washington Post just a few days after President Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th president, and there, in black-and-white text on the front page, I saw the words “water and sewer” under a big bold heading — Infrastructure. Wow!I’ve been in the sewer industry for decades, and I so often wondered when our industry would make headlines. I’m thrilled that the day has finally come. Lawmakers are finally realizing that we’re not effectively caring for our nation’s most vital public resource. Our industry is now at least getting some attention it deserves, and desperately
