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Reach Out to Veterans to Benefit Your Utility
Author(s) -
Brooks Peter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2017.43.0078
Subject(s) - pillar , workforce , wastewater , water sector , business , public sector , economic growth , engineering , water supply , political science , economics , waste management , environmental engineering , law , structural engineering
The US water and wastewater sector is facing a serious workforce crisis. By some estimates, nearly half of the country's top‐level water and wastewater operators ‐ the third pillar of public safety alongside firefighters and police officers ‐ will retire in the next 12 to 18 months.