EditorialBringing Innovation To Operation And Maintenance Bringing Innovation To Operation And Maintenance Hard work, creative problem-solving and a quest to continually improve bring honors for Oregon collections operator. Appeared in print as "Master Of His Trade" By Erik Gunn February 2015 Cover Story Order Digital Reprints Want a PDF of this article as it appeared in print? Order Here! Filed Under Sign Me Up! Join your colleagues who already get great content delivered right to their inbox. Sign up Digital! If you don't want to bring your iPad into the bathroom, we can send you a magazine subscription for free! Subscribe to Print! The City of Redmond Public Works wastewater collections staff includes (from left) collections system operator Dave Wegener, collections coordinator Bill Strait, collections system operator Mark James, and collections system operator Mark Thacker. Mark James has hauled hay, worked in construction and even spent time as an underwater welder and commercial diver. But for sheer interest as well as benefit to the community, he’ll put his current job up against all of those any day. James, 48, is a sewer maintenance worker... Please login or register to view MSW articles. It's free, fast and easy! Popular Stories November 04, 2024 CUES SoLID FX: Large Pipe Inspection Done Right November 01, 2024 CUES Introduces New Technology for Sanitary and Storm Sewer Inspection October 31, 2024 The Race to Fill Roles in Water and Wastewater Treatment October 31, 2024 News Briefs: Metro Vancouver Removes 50 Tons of Fatbergs October 28, 2024 Improve Your Vendor Relations With These Tips October 28, 2024 Water and Wastewater Infrastructure for Growth Discussion Comments on this site are submitted by users and are not endorsed by nor do they reflect the views or opinions of COLE Publishing, Inc. Comments are moderated before being posted. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments.