Darrel Sturges, Watershed Inspector
Originally from Patterson, New York, Darrel graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a degree in water resources and a degree in business management / administration from Mount Saint Mary College. His professional experience includes working for:

• Geologic Services Corporation as a hydrogeologist,
• Griggs-Lang Consulting Geologists, Inc. as a hydrogeologist,
• Severn Trent Laboratories as a field technician,
• Cortland County SWCD as a conservation assistant
• Tompkins County SWCD as a resource conservation specialist

Additional professional accreditation includes Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC).

Darrel handles program administration, new and replacement wastewater treatment systems, billing, complaints, and regulated facility water quality monitoring for Schuyler County.

Contact Wastershed Inspector Darrel Sturges at (607) 535-6868.

Jim Howell, Watershed Inspector Assistant
Originally from Lansing, New York, Jim graduated from SUNY Delhi and worked four years with the Tompkins County Department of Health before taking the helm as the watershed inspector for Schuyler County. He managed the WPA for the next 31 years until his recent retirement and transition into the assistant position. Jim also worked as the watershed inspector for the Town of Wayne for 25 years.

Jim conducts the real property transfer inspections, Lamoka-Waneta Lakes wastewater treatment system inspections, and conducts the majority of private water supply water quality monitoring.

Contact Watershed Inspector Assistant Jim Howell at (607) 535-6869.