Water Career Pathways

27/04/2018

LinkedIn's Ryan Zervakos here at West Valley College to train teachers how to get their students on LinkedIn in a way that cinches them a job--stellar profiles, video content, thought leadership, and networking. No matter how few jobs you've had, you can have an amazing LinkedIn Profile!

19/04/2018

Congratulations to the Winners of Water Challenge 2018! Bay Area Water Career Pathways Water Challenge finale at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Just as the local water industry braces for a "silver tsunami" of retirements in the next few years, the Water Challenge high school scholarship program cultivates the next generation of Bay Area water experts. A large, high-profile event, with support from multiple Bay Area utility companies, the Water Challenge is the culmination of a semester-long water-centered high school curriculum. Several hundred local high school students participated in team projects focused on issues faced by water districts.

19/04/2018

National best-selling author and motivational speaker tells students at the Water Challenge contest the key to success: Not smarts, not who your family is, not luck. All you need to succeed? EFFORT!

19/04/2018

Glenda Humiston, Vice President of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California Office of the President, telling Bay Area students in the Water Career Pathways Water Challenge contest to make sure to make allies in their search for their best life and career.

19/04/2018

Today is the day! Bay Area Water Career Pathways Consortium 2018 Water Challenge finale at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Just as the local water industry braces for a "silver tsunami" of retirements in the next few years, the Water Challenge high school scholarship program cultivates the next generation of Bay Area water experts. A large, high-profile event, with support from multiple Bay Area utility companies, the Water Challenge is the culmination of a semester-long water-centered high school curriculum. Several hundred local high school students participated in team projects focused on issues faced by water districts. Top teams from each district will present their projects and receive their scholarships. Go Bay Area students -- save our water!

30/03/2018

"Access to water is also a problem for businesses, which may find themselves in ever greater competition for a finite resource as growing populations increasingly drain reservoirs and rivers.
Companies and investors are taking action to hedge against the business risks associated with water scarcity and spur investments in new technologies."

Forget oil and gold. Here’s why water has become one of the world’s most valuable investments.

28/03/2018

Why the WASH sector needs to focus on changing systems, not just creating new gadgets. http://bit.ly/2DMrvVM WaterAid America

The focus in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector needs to shift from the number of pumps or latrines built to a more sustainable, systems-wide approach, according to many insiders. On World Water Day, Devex explores the example of Agenda for Change, a coalition of organizations that seek to de...

26/03/2018

"Fourteen of the world’s 20 megacities are now experiencing water scarcity or drought conditions. As many as four billion people already live in regions that experience severe water stress for at least one month of the year, according to a 2016 study in the journal Science Advances. Nearly half of those people live in India and China. With populations rising, these stresses will only mount."

Many more cities than Cape Town face an uncertain future over water. But there are emerging solutions.

23/03/2018

"To get the most of these natural systems, though, we also need technology. Ensuring the safety and quality of more than a billion gallons of water flowing daily through a sprawling network of lakes, reservoirs, and aqueducts requires data….data that is gathered from a combination of sensor networks, sampling stations, and hundreds of thousands of tests performed in the watershed. This enormous monitoring apparatus is a critical part of New York City’s drinking water supply – nature and technology working harmoniously together to enable clean water and the health of a city."

Every year on March 22, the world focuses its attention on water. This year’s theme for World Water Day is the “Nature for Water,” which explores how we can use nature to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century. These challenges include everything from scarcity to quality to floods. ...

22/03/2018

Happy & Consider a Consider CA Water Jobs

21/03/2018

The world isn’t short of water, it’s just in the wrong place, and too salty. So says Charlie Paton. He's spent the past 24 years building the technology to prove it in the decades-long quest to end drought (and feed millions) by taking the salt out of seawater.

“The world isn’t short of water, it’s just in the wrong place, and too salty," says Charlie Paton – so he's spent the past 24 years building the technology to prove it