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Exciting careers in water and wastewater

Water is essential to life—and to the long-term sustainability of our planet. 

Your career in water gives you the unique opportunity to play a vital role in protecting public health and our precious environment. It’s an amazing responsibility that’s full of rewards and opportunities. Do you have what it takes to work for water?

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Design EngineerWater Resource Specialist AWWA Immediate Past President Craig Woolard 

Challenge yourself and make a difference. The opportunities in water are endless and exciting. You can help deliver safe drinking water to people in your community as a water quality analyst or treatment operator. You can help design and build the infrastructure that delivers water to homes and businesses as an engineer. Or, you can help protect our water resources, ensuring a plentiful supply for generations to come while caring for our fragile environment. A career in water lets you contribute to our world in a meaningful way and experience a flood of benefits. 

Read all about this new joint venture from AWWA and the Water Environment Federation 

 


The opportunities are endless—and exciting. The water industry will experience significant retirements in the next 10 years, providing thousands of jobs requiring a wide range of education and experience. The business of water is multi-faceted with lots of opportunities from operations to science to engineering and management.

AWWA is committed to providing career resources and workforce solutions for candidates new to the water industry and those individuals who are searching for their next career move.

Check out our many resources, including the AWWA Career Center, and tap into an exciting career in water.

Contact Greg Kail at 303.734.3410 or gkail@awwa.org for more information.