How Generation Z Could Solve the Water Workforce’s Talent Problem
1 min readMay 10, 2020
Bringing water infrastructure into the 21st century would obviously solve a lion’s share of the problem. After all, many water distribution pipes are well past retirement. But like the systems themselves, our water utility workforce is aging. According to a Brookings Institution report, roughly one-third of drinking water and wastewater operators will be eligible to retire within the decade.
