”The money has to come from somewhere to be able to pay these folks, Grinstead said. I don t know what the magic answer for that is but it does happen. It s our desire to add more operators to the field. Hopefully there ll be enough eventually to get moved around and these smaller systems can hire somebody that s certified that can do the job and do it correctly and those safely.”
In 2019, a study from the University of North Carolina School of Government suggested that one way to address the shortage is through apprenticeship or training programs.
The National Rural Water Association created a program meant to preserve institutional knowledge of the systems.
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FOLLANSBEE –Â Follansbee city council agreed Monday to appoint Follansbee’s water superintendent as interim city manager and to advertise for an engineer to plan upgrades to streetlights along Main Street.
Mayor David Velegol Jr. asked for Water Superintendent Jack McIntosh to be named to the position, citing the recent illness of City Manager John DeStefano and uncertainty about whether DeStefano plans to continue when his current contract is up in August.
Velegol and others noted McIntosh’s experience overseeing the city’s water treatment system and with other systems while serving as a circuit rider for the West Virginia Rural Water Association.