The DMACC Water Environmental Technology (WET) program recently received a major donation from the Miller family, which owns and operates Electric Pump company of Des Moines, to help create a new, state-of-the-art WET lab at the DMACC Ankeny Campus. A ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the new lab was held on July 12, 2024, with the Miller family in attendance. Pictured above (left to right) are Tom Miller, President and CEO of Electric Pump; Kristine Lies, daughter of Dick Miller; Dick Miller; John Miller; and Tim Miller.
The DMACC WET program offers students comprehensive training for water and wastewater management, including how to operate and maintain a certified water treatment facility.
DMACC President Rob Denson (above) talks about the significance of the new DMACC Water Environmental Technology (WET) program lab located in Bldg. 9 on the DMACC Ankeny Campus. Thanks to a $285,000 donation from the Miller family, the new lab will allow students to evaluate and test water sources and characteristics, examine the lab procedures of water treatment facilities and learn about lab certification requirements.
DMACC President Rob Denson (above, left) listens as Dick Miller (above, right) talks about his family's donation. The Miller family has a longtime presence in the Water Environmental Technology business in Iowa.
The Miller family, along with DMACC administrators, faculty and board members, take part in a July 12 ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the new DMACC Water Environmental Technology (WET) Lab at the College's Ankeny Campus. Those participating were (above, left to right) Kim Butler Hegedus, DMACC Foundation board member; Craig Hennager, DMACC WET Program Training Coordinator; Kristine Lies, daughter of Dick Miller; John Miller; Felix Gallagher, DMACC Board member; Dick Miller; Rob Denson, DMACC President; Tim Miller; Tom Miller, President and CEO of Electric Pump; Scott Schultz, DMACC Executive Academic Dean of Agriculture, Animals & Natural Resources; MD Isley, DMACC Vice President of Academic Affairs; Scott Bennett, DMACC Foundation Board President; and Anthony Tonarelli, DMACC WET Program Lead Instructor.
To learn more about the DMACC WET program, visit wet.dmacc.edu.
Contacts:
- Tara Connolly, Executive Director, DMACC Foundation, 515-964-6447, tkconnolly@dmacc.edu
- Anthony Tonarelli, Program Chair and Lead Instructor, DMACC Water Environmental Technology (WET) Program, 515-965-7001, atonarelli@dmacc.edu