Description
Plan and coordinate long-range water supply, watershed, and infrastructure strategies; analyze data and models; develop policies, master plans, and capital programs to balance demand, quality, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
- • Lead integrated water resources planning studies and capital improvement planning with cross-functional teams.
- • Review and evaluate conceptual designs and plans for detention, stormwater, flood control, and other hydraulic infrastructure for consistency with plans and regulations.
- • Negotiate or coordinate agreements for water rights, allocations, or interagency transfers to meet projected demands.
- • Develop or apply hydrologic, hydraulic, demand, and water quality models to support scenarios, drought, and climate resilience planning.
- • Compile and analyze water resource and land-use data using GIS and related tools.
- • Maintain inventories and dashboards tracking watershed and source water health indicators.
- • Prepare master plans, technical reports, grant applications, and public-facing materials on water supply, wastewater, and conservation.
- • Recommend policies, ordinances, and program procedures to achieve water resource and conservation goals.
- • Provide technical assistance to communities on stormwater management plans, monitoring programs, and compliance strategies.
- • Present plans, findings, and recommendations to agencies, boards, and community stakeholders.
- • Plan reclaimed water distribution, reuse, and discharge alternatives consistent with permits and basin plans.
- • Track water use, demand, and quality trends and report on performance metrics.
- • Identify and map pollution sources and stressors to inform watershed plans and TMDLs.
- • Develop watershed protection, restoration, and source water protection plans.
- • Develop and standardize monitoring and assessment frameworks to track plan implementation.
- • Conduct planning studies on treatment, reuse, green infrastructure, and pollutant reduction options.
- • Lead or oversee planning investigations on storage, reuse, discharge, permitting, and environmental review requirements.
- • Prepare cost-benefit and lifecycle analyses for project alternatives and program portfolios.
- • Analyze stormwater systems to prioritize improvements and green infrastructure opportunities.
- • Develop integrated water management strategies to meet supply, resilience, conservation, and regulatory objectives.
- • Design and oversee monitoring programs and data management to ensure compliance with water quality standards.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
