Bucknell University alumnus Deborah Watkins ’82 was recently hired as director of water quality and environmental compliance at Aqua America, Inc., one of the largest publicly-traded water utilities. She has more than 30 years of experience in the water and wastewater field, most recently having served as a senior project manager at O’Brien & Gere. She also spent nearly 14 years at Weston Solutions, Inc., first as a technical director of engineering and later as a vice president.
Watkins has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Bucknell and also a master’s degree in water resources and environmental engineering from Villanova.