While appropriately focused on addressing long-term drought and storm related issues, upgrading facilities and infrastructure, and responding to the continuous demand for water due to population and industrial growth, the State of Texas’ economy has an undiscovered $9 billion water and water technology cluster of jobs, businesses, and assets.
“Skills, Talents, and Occupations in Texas’ Water and Water Technology Cluster Report,” has been released by AccelerateH2O in partnership with San Antonio-based Alamo Colleges and funding from the Texas Workforce Commission. Upon collecting and analyzing historical, current and projected data of employment, occupations, and businesses in all 254 counties and the 16 regional water planning districts, the Report has identified over 76 impacted industry sectors, 50 occupations, and an emerging challenge to fill some 30,000 retirements among water systems.
