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2007 JETCC Founders Award
by Leeann Hanson
On Thursday September 20, Scott Perry of Ogunquit Sewer District was
recognized for outstanding service to his community and to the profession
of wastewater treatment plant operation.
After being responsible for Ogunquit Sewer District’s 13 pump stations and
sewer lines for twenty three years, Scott Perry was announced as the
second recipient of the JETCC Founders Award during the Maine Wastewater
Control Association’s annual convention at Sunday River in Bethel Maine.
Scott also handles plant maintenance, supervises crews and works with
contractors on liner and pump station upgrades.
While extreme rain in both Spring 2006 & 2007 caused particular challenges
for many of Maine’s wastewater treatment systems, it also necessitated
many added work hours and responsibilities for operators and municipal
crews to protect their communities. Scott Perry in particular exemplified
the dedication and commitment that many of Maine’s wastewater operators
are seldom recognized for. First, on Mother’s Day 2006 Scott worked many
hours of overtime as five of Ogunquit’s pump stations experienced
overflows. He used his own pump truck and brought his son in for several
days to handle the work load. After one of the main pump stations flooded,
he also worked the following weekends replacing motors and VFDs. These
tasks were handled along with responding to the numerous washouts and
property damage that was reported in the 2 weeks between Mother’s Day and
the Memorial Day weekend of 2006.
Again in 2007, indications were that the Patriots Day storm could offer
more of the same. So Scott worked on the Saturday of Patriots Day Weekend
to tie in a new force main completing a 5400 foot project down the dunes
to the treatment facility. This new force main increased Ogunquit’s
pumping capacity significantly and allowed the district to handle over 2
million gallons per day without a single overflow or loss of equipment.
But it didn’t end there… Since storm serge remained a major problem for 4
more days, Scott also worked preparing for each high tide cycle with sand
bags and plastic to keep the tide from entering electrical cabinets and a
dry well station. He also made sure portable pumps and generators were
removed from the treatment facility since Ogunquit lost access to that
facility for several hours around high tide.
According to his supervisor Phil Pickering, Scott Perry is continually
coming up with ideas to save the Ogunquit Sanitary District money to make
work easier for everyone. In addition to his work for the District, Scott
donates time to coaching his two son’s football & basketball teams.
Background
The JETCC Founders Award - is given each year to honor Mr. Jerome
“Frenchie” Guervremont in recognition for his guidance to Maine’s
environmental community, his years of service to the Town of Rangeley
Maine, and for his contributions as one of the original founders who
established JETCC in 1985.
As a wastewater professional, and a protector of Maine’s waters, Frenchie
has tirelessly shared his expertise to promote our profession, to educate
the general public, to cultivate new wastewater operators and to advance
the education and training opportunities for water pollution control
professionals in the State of Maine.
The JETCC Founders Award was created to recognize an operator, maintenance
worker or laboratory personnel working in a municipal or industrial
wastewater treatment system in Maine who demonstrates an attitude similar
to its namesake Frenchie Guevremont.
JETCC is a non profit organization that works closely with the Maine
Department of Environmental Protection to educate and serve Maine’s
licensed wastewater treatment plant operators. JETCC is also a Maine based
project of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
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The JETCC Founders Award is given annually to
an operator, maintenance worker or laboratory personnel working in a
municipal or industrial wastewater treatment system in Maine. The
JETCC
Founders Award is intended to recognize a staff member working in a
plant or wastewater system.
Founders Award
Recipient for 2006
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