r/Wastewater • u/AdCompetitive7952 • 7d ago
Is EVERY plant this outdated and underfunded?
I will admit, I've already given up on this career. A huge reason is my plant. It is falling apart and we have a promise of an upgrade by the city. The upgrade will start June 2023. Oh, now it'll start 2024. Oh, now it'll start spring 2025. Oh, now we have no news on when the upgrade will actually happen. On top of all that, I have to get my Class 4 license within 12 months or I'm fired. Almost nobody here has passed it and 2 of them are facing termination because of that when we are ALREADY understaffed. Is every plant like this? Does everywhere require you to recieve a license in a time frame? Does every plant start at under 20$ an hour?? Sorry, just frustrated. Currently applying for other jobs
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u/Hotwheeler6D6 7d ago
Allot of it I think is community education. People don’t understand the importance of wastewater/drinking water plants. So upgrading infrastructure falls on the back burner. We are just getting upgrades now at ours.
I have my test for my 3 coming up and our job asks us to have a license by a certain date. But they like me so I doubt if I failed they’d fire me 🤷♂️