>>211832if you're lucky you'll get an allowance for boots, most water/wastewater jobs do. If not but a cheap pair of pull ons (you'll be putting on rubber muck boots a lot so it's easy on/off plus they're cooler. Then put $20 away every month and buy a pair of Red Wings or whatever boot you choose in a year when your cheap ones wear out. Full time employees of the water utility I work at get $500 a year boot and clothing allowance (no uniforms though) and they wear Red Wings (as do I), Tony Lama, or Georgia Mud Dogs (pretty popular). The part time guy who works for us wears these
http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/brazos-men-s-wellington-steel-toe-work-boots/pid-336573?color=Copper&N=891782427and they seem to hold up okay. They're only $50 so there's that. Distribution supervisor if you have any other questions.
