History of School
The Rocky Mountain Water and Wastewater Plant Operators School was founded in 1952. The School was created at the request of the State Boards of Health in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. The first school was held in 1953 in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Health; American Water Works Association, Rocky Mountain Section; Rocky Mountain Water Environmental Association (then known as the Rocky Mountain Sewage Works Association); Colorado Municipal League and the University of Colorado Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Dr. Walter Weers assumed the role of Director of the School in 1954. Dr. Weers accepted this position because he recognized the need to provide water and wastewater treatment plant operators with the education necessary to provide clean and safe water quality service to their communities. He still serves on the School Advisory Board today.