Water Resource Specialists

Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.

On the job, you would:

• Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
• Analyze storm water systems to identify opportunities for water resource improvements.
• Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• master's degree

Engineering and Technology

• product and service development
• design

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
• physics

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Safety and Government

• law and government

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Investigative

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

• Integrity
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Achievement/Effort

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• notice when problems happen

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Visual Understanding

• see hidden patterns