Local wastewater superintendent honored with award

L-R: Connie Stevens, Executive Director; Tony Wood, Town of Osgood; Tim Frederick, Board President

OSGOOD, Ind. — Tony Wood, Wastewater Superintendent with the Town of Osgood and System Operator for Friendship Regional Sewer District, was presented with the “Wastewater System Operations Specialist of the Year” award from Alliance of Indiana Rural Water during their Spring Conference held in French Lick, IN on March 15th.

Tony has worked for Town of Osgood for 24 years and for Friendship Regional Sewer District for 19 years.

Wood works on applying for grants to modernize both utilities and is currently working with Ripley County Emergency Management and Laughery Valley Watershed using weather stations to obtain digital stream flow information for discharges.