Southington Water Pollution Superintendent Retiring After Nearly 40 Years

Southington’s water pollution control facility supervisor will be retiring after heading the facility for almost 40 years.

John DeGioia started at the plant in 1976 and became supervisor in 1980, according to the Record-Journal.

He will likely retire over the summer, which will give his eventual replacement time to get acquainted with the system.

DeGioia has overseen the plant’s effort to remove a growing list of regulated pollutants from the water, including ammonia, nitrogen and phosphorus.

The facility is capable of handling an average flow of 7.4 million gallons per day and can handle up to 15.9 million gallons per day peak flow. The facility services 20,000 residents directly and septic waste is disposed of at the plant, according to the town website.

Read the full Record-Journal story here.

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