Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Rick Dickinson was recently named the Nebraska Rural Water District Operator of the Year, according to County Commissioner Tim Nolting, an honor handed out just once a year to only one individual throughout the state.
Water operators in municipalities across Nebraska must be certified, a process that takes a minimum of 40 hours to complete in a classroom and with hands-on training ending with a certification exam, Dickinson said.
Those certifications require continued education as well and operators are expected to collect and send in routine monthly water samples, and additional samples as...