Also called: Sewer Engineer, Water Reclamation Engineer
Designs sewer systems and treatment plants that clean wastewater before it goes back to rivers.
You walk a treatment plant where billions of bacteria eat the gunk out of sewage in giant aeration tanks. You figure out how to expand it for a growing city without it ever overflowing during a storm.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in environmental or civil engineering; PE license.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI and sensors optimize aeration and flows; designing plants and sewers and solving overflow problems stay human.
Classes: Chemistry, Biology, Environmental science, Algebra II.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2081.
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