The Texas Water Journal recently published a paper titled “Water security for Texas: a post-secondary education pathway for water workforce readiness” by Rudolph A. Rosen, Luis A. Cifuentes, James Fischer, Howard Marquise and John C. Tracy. The paper examines concern within the water and wastewater industries over high rates of retirement eligibility and difficulties finding and attracting workers ready to fill job openings.
According to the abstract, concern over existing education of workers in water and demographic information projecting future workforce readiness are commonly cited in a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office as signaling a coming crisis for the water industry. An alignment of post-secondary training and industry needs is recommended to meet coming workforce employment requirements for Texas and the nation.
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