Resolve Workforce Challenges to Ensure Future Success at Water and Wastewater Utilities
The median age of water sector employees is 48—six years above the national median employee age. Estimates place the loss of current utility employees at 30–50 percent within the next 10 years, and millennials will make up 50 percent of the workforce by the year 2020. However, the challenges facing the water sector reflect larger shifts in the US labor force. Along with an ever-growing retirement wave are factors such as downsizing in the labor market, a more diverse workforce, and fewer college graduates with degrees in science and technology.
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