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Cristal Velasco (left) and Florentino Rivera learned how to replace a main valve assembly on a fire hydrant as part of a water system operator’s course they took as seniors at Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory School in Irving, Texas.
A little more than a decade ago, two veteran Irving (Texas) Water Utilities employees — David Canady and the late Dennis King — decided to do something about a growing problem: The dearth of younger people interested in working at water and sewer utilities.
In 2008, Canady, the...
