The University-to-Utility Pipeline
It is no secret that the U.S. water sector has a recruitment problem.
According to Black & Veatch’s (Overland Park, Kansas) 2024 Water Report, a whopping 47% of water-sector survey respondents ranked the difficulty of attracting early-career staff to replace retiring veterans as their top challenge. And with approximately one-third of the entire water workforce due to become eligible for retirement within the next decade, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the trend shows no sign of waning.
Read more in the June 2025 issue of Water Environment & Technology magazine.