On Aug. 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. During the following days and weeks, more than 1270 mm (50 in.) of precipitation fell in the greater area around the City of Houston. This wet weather led to significant flooding and disruption or failure...
waterTALENT has over 550 licensed, qualified, experienced water and wastewater operators (mostly Grades III, IV, and V) who deploy to districts and utilities around California that are flexing through a staff transition and in need of experienced operators for treatment, distribution, collections, control systems technicians,...
Source: Water Online...
A temporary supervisor helps a California water district through a staffing transition and in the bargain adds valuable insights on system operations and future planning....
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....
When hurricanes hit, water infrastructure, treatment plant operations, and water quality are all at risk. In extreme situations such as Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the need for water and wastewater experts — namely operators and engineers — far exceeds that which is available from local...
Some of waterTALENT’s water and wastewater operators that are stepping in to the gap created by increased retirements....
Peter Brooks, the VP of WaterTalent, sat down with Water Online to discuss how his company is forging a new paradigm in utility and industrial operations staffing in response to labor trends, economic realities, and still in-demand water/wastewater treatment expertise....
In a perfect world, we’d all get plenty of advance notice for those times when we need to staff up. But how often does that happen? If you’re responsible for staffing or managing critical infrastructure, such as a water or wastewater treatment facility, it pays...
How I envy licensed water and wastewater operators. Their skills are always be needed, so they can work until they die. No one needs retired journalists, so I’ll have to find another line of work....