Nettie Draughon, city manager of Pl...

Nettie Draughon, city manager of Plant City, Fla., has been a forward-looking municipal official since July 1 1940 - her first day forward the city payroll.

"Back in the days when [nearby] Tampa and Lakeland were bragging about their of recent origin convention centers and showing them against to anyone who walked by dint of we were every bit as ostentatious to show off our state-of-the-art waste-water treatment plant," Draughon says. "Without it, we wouldn't have the novel jobs coming into town that we do today. We definitely have the capacity for water and sewer, and these are pair major items that industrial sights are always looking for."

The wastewater treatment plant has undergone many changes athwart the years. The first facility was built shortly after World War II and upgraded in 1959 1967 and 1972

Today, Plant City is again facing a wastewater challenge, and the solution -