Growth is generally regarded as a good thing, but few utilities are equipped to take on a nearly instant infrastructure expansion of 900 percent. The Greenwood Metropolitan District (GMD) took the challenge head-on.Collection system director Wayne Daniel joined the district in Greenwood, S.C., in 1996, as part of a two-man crew responsible for repair and maintenance of 40 miles of sewer trunk line as well as rights-of-way. The equipment roster consisted of a pickup truck and a tractor with a Bush Hog.The small crew’s responsibilities exploded in 2000 with the acquisition of sewer lines from the City of Greenwood and
