Groundwater Professionals

Internships, co-ops, volunteering, and part-time jobs with local water districts, government agencies, or groundwater consulting firms will provide useful experience to aspiring groundwater professionals.

Patience, persistence, curiosity, attention to detail, and good analytic skills are all useful traits for a groundwater professional. You also need excellent communication and interpersonal skills since you will likely work as part of a team and have people to answer to, whether a supervisor, the government, a client, or all three. Groundwater specialists also need to be familiar with many regulations, often complex ones, so a willingness to continue to learn throughout your career is important.

Groundwater specialists, especially hydrologists, also need skills in data analysis, computer modeling, digital mapping, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing.