By Katherine Schaefer As a young man, Jack Hoffbuhr traveled to the Peruvian Andes with the Peace Corps to build a road, but the project was stymied because of the lack of clean water. That was the beginning of his career dedicated to clean drinking water. “When I got [to Peru] I discovered that what they needed was safe drinking water because they couldn't even work on a road until they weren't debilitated by disease caused by poor drinking water,” Hoffbuhr said. That experience evolved into a 40-year career in water sanitation and ultimately led to leadership of the American Water Works Association. After the Peace Corps, Hoffbuhr returned to the U.S. and earned a… Read More