In March, this column asked Municipal Sewer & Water readers to share their equivalent of what I called a “fire chief speech” — a short argument to use in a public meeting when someone questions the importance of spending money on the local wastewater infrastructure.The term “fire chief speech” came from just such a presentation I heard from a town fire chief when residents at a town meeting questioned a large investment in new fire-fighting equipment.“Now, how would the discussion go if you had to get up in public and defend your department and your budget?” I wrote back then.
