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Water Resource Specialists

What do they do?

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

Education Required

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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What Does This Job Pay?
Tennessee Average Salary: $86,000-$175,000
Median Annual Salary: $157,740
Median Hourly Salary: $80
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$77,520
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One out of ten earn less than $77,520
The median salary is $157,740
One out of ten earn more than $0
Top Skills For This Job
  • 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
Will There Be Jobs?
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

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Are You On Track?
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
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Typical Daily Tasks
  • 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.