A few years ago, volunteer leader Ralph Palomares, a 38-year dedicated member of CWEA, was standing at the Santa Ana River Basin Section’s (SARBS) Collection System Workshop in Huntington Beach when an attendee walked up. “Hey Ralph, I need some help, I don’t know what to do,” the attendee told him. “We had a spill...

In this Q&A, we sit down with a Senior Instrumentation Control Technician, Arup Paul from Dublin San Ramon Services District to explore his journey into the wastewater industry, his passion for environmental sustainability, and his volunteer work with CWEA. With a background in PLC programming and a deep commitment to the water sector, Paul shares...

    How did you get your first job in the wastewater sector?   My entry into the wastewater sector was very unconventional.  I had been working for the City of Long Beach Water Department as the Procurement Officer for a few years already in 2014. The Sewer Superintendent was about to retire and my boss at...