We're so excited to announce that Josh is now a Master Electrician licensed by the State of Wisconsin!  He does an awesome job as a leader here at B&M, and we're proud of all his hard work and his success.

When I was driving up to Wausau this last Tuesday for the winter North Central Regional meeting, I was thinking that it wasn't that long ago that I attended the same winter meeting in Wausau.  Well, I did a search on our website just now and found out that the time I was thinking of was in 2011.  I can't believe that it's been four years!  I hate to be cliche, but time truly flies.

The meeting this week certainly flew right by.  It was a great turnout, probably thanks to the weather not fulfilling it's promised 0-6 inches of snow that everyone had talked about for a week.  The meeting was held in the basement of a great venue, and I expected to come out to my car covered in snow. I was so happy to be totally wrong in my expectations.

The presentations all focused around adaptive management programs to help with low phosphorous limits.  This isn't a new topic, but it seems like we're coming from what was once a 20,000 mile up look down on phosphorous management to about a 5,000 mile up look down - still not totally implementing programs yet, but getting closer and closer to that point.  

As a result, the operators in attendance were all very well versed and asked great questions.  While this is a tough challenge for a lot of wastewater plants, I can say I'm very confident in the operators ability to provide stewardship through the process.  It's always so motivating to be in a room of professionals who are actively seeking workable solutions.

Wausau is a great meeting location!  I'm sure we'll meet there again - here's to another four years that will hopefully fly by just like the last four have.