We all need water, and not just so we can win Olympic medals like Michael Phelps. We need it to live. So imagine how hugely important it is to make sure that a city has enough water for its people, and that the water is safe to drink. Enter the water resource specialist, a kind of engineer who has the skills to monitor water quality, water storage, wastewater disposal, water collection from the environment, storm water safety, and much more. In this very high-paying job, you also lead teams of water specialists, do research, make presentations, and go wherever you’re needed to collect data and problem-solve—places like water treatment plants, dams, springs and lakes. It’s an in-demand career, and with your college degree, you could be making decisions that benefit the entire planet (which is better than a gold medal any day).
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Literally nothing could be more important for our survival than water, so being a water resource specialist could be seen as being just as important as being a doctor or nurse.
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock, and in Texas, they’re critical sources of drinkable water—roughly 59% of all the water available in the state comes from aquifers.
