Water Resource Engineer

A Water Resource Engineer studies, researches, and designs processes to conserve water. Water is a natural resource and like most natural resources, needs to be managed in such a way that we don’t overuse it. Your job as a Water Resource Engineer provides the opportunity to find new ways to collect, store, use, and deliver natural water.

Rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and flood plains: They all have the potential to be used for human consumption. To do this people have created ways to pump water into water treatment plants so it can be purified and sent to households for drinking. Along the way systems have been implemented to reduce the toxic waste dumped into waterways from sewer or industrial waste.

As a Water Resource Engineer, you use your creativity and curiosity to create processes that reduce environmental impact while providing for our unquenchable thirst for water. You work to design systems that pump water from flood plains into nearby rivers or irrigation systems. You find ways to use naturally occurring water to water large-scale crop production. In addition, you evaluate storm drainage and flooding to establish storage solutions for that water. You solve problems by asking questions and seeking answers. How can we use the groundwater from the new housing division to create wetlands nearby? What process will pump the water from the flood zone near the school into the town’s water supply?

After all, it was an Engineer who designed the pumps, filters, and piping systems that connect water to our faucets today.