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Job Description
Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-9121.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Water Resource Specialists”.
Also Known As…
- Water Resource Specialists
- Water Resources Business Segment Leader
- VP-Senior Principal Water Resources Engineer
- Senior Water Resources Engineer
- Senior Hydrogeologist
- Senior Group Manager
- Research Hydraulic Engineer
- Owner, Professional Engineer
- Owner, Consulting Engineer
- National Stormwater Leader
- Hydrogeologist
- Watershed Manager
- Water Supply Engineer
- Water Rights Specialist
- Water Resources Program Director
- Water Resource Project Manager
- Water Resource Manager
- Water Resource Engineering Specialist
- Water Resource Engineer
- Water Resource Consultant
- Water Resource Agent
- Water Quality Specialist
- Water Quality Assistant
- Resource Engineer
- Purification Director
- Power Supply Engineer
- Hydrotechnical Specialist
- Global Implementation Manager
- Environmental Resource Specialist
- Community Resource Consultant
Tasks for “Water Resource Specialist”
- Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.
- Compile water resource data, using geographic information systems (GIS) or global position systems (GPS) software.
- Present water resource proposals to government, public interest groups, or community groups.
- Compile and maintain documentation on the health of a body of water.
- Review or evaluate designs for water detention facilities, storm drains, flood control facilities, or other hydraulic structures.
- Conduct technical studies for water resources on topics such as pollutants and water treatment options.
- Recommend new or revised policies, procedures, or regulations to support water resource or conservation goals.
- Write proposals, project reports, informational brochures, or other documents on wastewater purification, water supply and demand, or other water resource subjects.
- Monitor water use, demand, or quality in a particular geographic area.
- Develop strategies for watershed operations to meet water supply and conservation goals or to ensure regulatory compliance with clean water laws or regulations.
- Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
- Supervise teams of workers who capture water from wells and rivers.
- Negotiate for water rights with communities or water facilities to meet water supply demands.
- Develop plans to protect watershed health or rehabilitate watersheds.
- Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, chemical, physical, and biological water quality monitoring or sampling to ensure compliance with water quality standards.
- Conduct cost-benefit studies for watershed improvement projects or water management alternatives.
- Develop or implement standardized water monitoring and assessment methods.
- Identify and characterize specific causes or sources of water pollution.
- Identify methods for distributing purified wastewater into rivers, streams, or oceans.
- Provide technical expertise to assist communities in the development or implementation of storm water monitoring or other water programs.
- Analyze storm water systems to identify opportunities for water resource improvements.
Related Technology & Tools
- Automated water sampling equipment
- Temperature gauges
- Water conductivity testers
- Mobile radios
- Dissolved oxygen indicators
- Total dissolved solids TDS meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Water flow meters
- Plankton nets
- Titrators
- Seines
- Gravitational field indicators
- Rain gauges
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Nitrate meters
- Turbidimeters
- Stream flow gauges
- Nitrite meters
- Water samplers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Grab samplers
- Chlorine testers
- Water quality test kits
- Laser facsimile machines
- Digital pH meters
- Laptop computers
- Total stations
- Multiparameter water probes
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Web browser software
- ESRI ArcInfo
- TIBCO Spotfire S+
- Database software
- ESRI ArcView
- ESRI ArcPad
- Microsoft Outlook
- Water flow modeling software
- Structured query language SQL
- MWH Soft H2ONET MSX
- MWH Soft InfoSWMM
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Microsoft Word
- FishXing
- Wallingford Software InfoWater
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Wallingford Software InfoWorks WS
- Wallingford Software InfoWorks CS
- DHI MIKE URBAN
- HEC-RAS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Wallingford Software InfoSewer
- HEC-HMS
- Scientific Software Group RIVERMorph
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Earth Pro
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst