About me
Karly Friesen is the Director of Utility for the City of Portage la Prairie and oversees the Water Treatment Division(Class 4), Wastewater Treatment Division (Class 4), as well as the Utility Maintenance Department including 13 Lift Stations. She worked as the lab tech at the wastewater plant for 11 years before moving up to Wastewater Division manager in 2012 and then to Director in 2021. Karly obtained her B.Sc in Biology from the University of Winnipeg and has her level 4 certification in wastewater treatment and level 2 in wastewater collections. She was a previous board member of MWWA and WCW.