5/15/07

NHCTC Laconia Electrical Students Tour Franklin
Wastewater Treatment Facility

Photo:  Winnipesaukee River Basin Program (WRBP) Electrical Supervisor, Ken Judkins (Bow-right), displays an ultraviolet lamp used as part of the final cleansing process of treated wastewater at the Franklin Wastewater Treatment Facility.  Observing Judkins is New Hampshire Community Technical College Laconia Electrical Systems Installation and Maintenance Senior, Jonathan Hersey (Kingston-left). 

Hersey and other NHCTC Laconia electrical students toured the Treatment Facility and studied the automated control systems that keep the Franklin Plant operating 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week, typically processing millions of gallons of wastewater per day from as far away as Center Harbor. 

“Touring the WRBP facility exposed students to state-of-the-art automation systems,” says NHCTC Laconia Electrical Professor, Keith Fletcher (Belmont-not pictured).  “Exposure to these systems prepares my students to work on the high tech automation systems in today’s marketplace.”