One of the biggest challenges all utilities face is garnering public support, whether for capital improvements or rehabilitation and repair.
“A wastewater treatment plant that doesn’t get any publicity is a well-operated wastewater treatment facility,” says Tim Murphy, executive director of the Albany County (New York) Water Purification District. “Everybody loves to be able to flush, but nobody really cares where it goes.”
Murphy recently had the opportunity to get Albany County’s message spread to a wide audience via a local radio station broadcast.
Jim Levulis of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio was working on an Infrastructure Series, and wanted to include an inside look
