Like many 18-year-olds, Kyle Bartlett didn’t know what he wanted to do upon graduating from high school, so he joined the U.S. Air Force. During his four years in uniform, the Oregon native found himself working in the wastewater treatment plant at Eielson Air Force Base outside Fairbanks, Alaska. It seemed a good fit.After his military service, Bartlett returned to his hometown of Roseburg and went to work for Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority. That proved to be another good fit: The 30-year-old was named Oregon Collections Operator for 2021, an annual award presented by the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association.“It
