PWO Spotlight: Kray O’Brien

Kray O’Brien has been employed at Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District (SBWRD) since 1995. In that time, he has seen a lot of changes in SBWRD and in Park City. Kray holds an Operator 4 Certification and has received the Quarter Century Award, among a few others. Kray was working at SBWRD during the 2002 Olympics, which was one of the biggest highlights of his career. It took a year of preparation work to get ready for the Olympics to come to Park City, and he was a pivotal part in the preparation, which contributed to him being awarded the Collections Operator of the Year Award. Kray has been on the combination cleaning truck for over 24 years and has trained most of the SBWRD employees on how to clean sewers. He has been instrumental in identifying problem areas and mapping them out for SBWRD and is one of the most knowledgeable people at Snyderville Basin when it comes to the history of the collection system and how it flows. Kray’s current assignment is marking Bluestakes, which keeps him very busy all year long.

Kray is from Hoystville, UT, where he lives with his wife, Val. He has a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren. He likes to spend time with his family going hunting and shooting, attending his grandchildren’s games and events, riding side-bysides, and cruising his 1945 8N Ford tractor around.

He also likes to take his family through the neighborhood in his horse-drawn wagon that he built. This wagon is pulled by his trusty steed, a Welsh pony called “Turbo.” Kray has served and currently serves on a few boards in his county including the Summit County Cattleman Council, the Summit County Soil Council, and the Summit County Weed Board.

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