Water & Wastewater Careers
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) is passionate about inspiring members of the future generation to enter careers in the water and wastewater industry. This collection of resources can be used to help demonstrate a day in the life of a water professional.
Visit our online library’s main webpage to find more resources on topics related to drinking water.
Ontario Content
- Toronto Water Careers: Environment and Administration
- Toronto Water Careers: Customer and Technical Support
- Toronto Water Careers: Water Infrastructure Management
- York Region #WaterHero – Lee Ferguson
- York Region #WaterHero – Jen Ryan
- York Region #WaterHero – Kyle Carlen
- York Region #WaterHero – Gary Peters
- York Region #WaterHero – Colleen Barfoot and Supreme Collision Centre
- York Region #WaterHero – Phil Harrison
Indigenous Content
- What Does it Take to Work in the Water Sector?
- No Operator, No Water
- Operators are Modern Day Water Keepers
- Meet Shannon, Water Treatment Operator
- Meet Circuit Rider Trainer Rod
- Meet Utilities & Public Works Manager Krista
- Meet Expert Operator Desmond
- Meet Water Operator Warren Brown
Canadian Content
- Career Opportunities and Options – Working with Water
- Wastewater Collection Careers
- Wastewater Operator – Wastewater Careers
- Wastewater Treatment Careers
- Water & Wastewater Careers – Explore the Possibilities!
- Water Distribution Careers
- Water Supply & Treatment Careers
- Water Utility Management & Infrastructure Career Insights
North American Content
- A Day in the Life Water Utilities Operator
- City Jobs Wastewater Plant
- How to Get a Job as a Water Operator
- How to Get a Job in a Water Laboratory
- How to Get a Water Job – Wastewater Collections Worker
- Job profile of “Water Treatment Operator”
- LADWP Water Treatment Operator
- LADWP Water Utility Operator
- Water Careers: Assistant Professor/Researcher at a University
- Water Careers: Environmental Restoration/Nonprofit Management
- Water Careers: Hydrologist
- Water Careers: Marine Scientist
- Water Careers: Regulatory Agency
- Water Careers: Water Engineer
- Water Careers: Water Management District
- Water Careers: Water Resources Planning
- Water Careers: Water Resources Scientist
- Water Treatment Operator Career Conversation
- WaterWisePro Interview on Water Careers
- Water You Waiting For? – Part 1
- Water You Waiting For? – Part 2
- Water You Waiting For? – Part 3
- Water You Waiting For? – Part 4
- What does it take to be a water treatment plant operator?
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Educational Resources for Students & World Water Day Activities
Operator Workforce Matching Portal
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Educational Resources for Students & World Water Day Activities
This post contains educational activities for elementary and post-secondary students to learn about water conservation, sustainability and promoting healthy environments.
World Water Day Activities – World Water Day is held annually March 22nd
World Water Day Activities for Grades 4-8
One Well Story on YouTube to be used with World Water Day Activities
Educator Guides
Hands-On Activities from the Groundwater Foundation
Let’s learn about Earth’s secret stash of underground water
Project WET Canada – Instructional Curriculum Resources
Educational Videos
All the Water in the World | Water Experiments for Kids video
Celebrate – Blazer Fresh | Songs For Kids | Dance Along | GoNoodle – YouTube
Earth’s Water SONG | Science for Kids | Grades K-2 – YouTube
Good Morning Song for Kids (with lyrics) | The Singing Walrus – YouTube
How Plastic Hurts the World – YouTube
Keeping Our Water Clean! – YouTube
Mission: Save Earth – A virtual Earth Day PE workout activity and Brain Break – YouTube
Rain Recipe | Water Experiments for Kids video
Solid, Liquid, Gas | Water Experiments for Kids video
The 3 Ps of Wastewater | Water Experiments for Kids video
The Water Cycle | ESL Music for Kids – YouTube
The Water. Looking after our Planet | Educational Video for Kids. – YouTube
Travelling Underground with Water | Water Experiments for Kids video
Water Cycle | Songs For Kids | Sing Along | GoNoodle – YouTube
Water on the Earth Goes Round | Science Is A Snap | Jack Hartmann – YouTube
Where is Water? The human impact on water video
Video: Barry’s Wastewater Treatment Tour
Video: Barry’s Water Treatment Tour
Resources for Grades K-3
Grades K – 3: How People Get Their Water
Grades K – 3: Interactive Build Your Own Aquifer
Grades K – 3: Interactive Water Cycle
Grades K – 3: Thirstin Builds an Aquifer
Grades K – 3: Thirstin’s Groundwater Movement Activity
Grades K – 3: Thirstin’s Wacky Water Adventure
Grades K – 3: Thirstin’s Water Cycle
Grades K – 3: Thirstin’s Water Cycle Adventure
Resources for Grades 3-8
Grades 3+: Pipe Up game – Delivering safe clean water
Grades 3 – 5: Waste Not, Want Not
Grades 3 – 5: Water Goes Around and Comes Around
Grades 3 – 5: Water-Wise Landscaping
Grades 4 – 8: Fun Facts Matching Game
Grades 4 – 8: How People Get Their Water
Grades 4 – 8: Interactive Matching Game
Grades 4 – 8: Interactive Water Filtration
Grades 4 – 8: Interactive Word Scramble
Grades 4 – 8: Matching Water Terms
Grades 4 – 8: Non-Point Source Pollution
Grades 4-8: There’s No New Water activity
Grades 4 – 8: The Role of Plants in Water Filtration
Grades 4 – 8: Thirstin Builds an Aquifer
Grades 4 – 8: Water Filtration
Grades 4 – 8: Water Purification by Evaporation and Condensation
Grades 4 – 8: Where Does Water Come From?
Grades 4 – 8: Word Scramble Game
Grades 6 – 8: Aquifers and Recharge Areas
Grades 6 – 8: Indicating Insects
Grades 6 – 8: Water Meter Reader
Resources for Grades 9-12
Grades 9 – 12: Biography of a River
Grades 9 – 12: Building a Model Aquifer
Grades 9 – 12: Build Your Own Watershed
Grades 9 – 12: Decision Making – A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm
Grades 9 – 12: Do You Drink It?
Grades 9 – 12: From Ground to Water
Grades 9 – 12: Groundwater Basics
Grades 9 – 12: Groundwater – Cleaning Up
Grades 9 – 12: Interactive Question and Answer Game
Grades 9 – 12: Landfills and the Potential for Groundwater Contamination
Grades 9 – 12: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Grades 9 – 12: Question and Answer Game
Grades 9 – 12: Question and Answer Game
Grades 9 – 12: Resource Management – Protecting Your Drinking Water
Grades 9 – 12: Tracking Pollution
Grades 9 – 12: Wastewater Treatment
Grades 9 – 12: Water Filtration
Grades 9 – 12: What Goes on Down Under?
Grades 9 – 12: What is Groundwater Pollution Doing to the Neighbourhood?
Grades 9 – 12: What’s the Level?
Comics, Colouring & Activity Sheets
Colouring Sheet – Water Journey of Surface Water Source
Colouring Sheet – Water Journey Well Source, Groundwater
Contamination Crossword – Groundwater Foundation
Crossword Puzzle – Value of Water Canada
Groundwater Word Search – Groundwater Foundation
How Much Water Do You Use – Groundwater Foundation
How Much Water? – Matching Game
Ontario E-Zone – Colouring Zone
Ontario E-Zone – Mayas Spot the Differences
Ontario E-Zone – Protecting Our Water Comic
Ontario E-Zone – Save Our Water Comic
Ontario E-Zone – The Planet Needs Our Help Comic
Ontario E-Zone – We Are All Connected to Water Comic
Pipe Dreams Comic – The Adventures of Danny Droplet
Recycle Maze – Groundwater Foundation
There’s No New Water – Groundwater Foundation
Thirstin’s Wacky Water Activity Book – Grades k-3
Water Crossword – Groundwater Foundation
Water Cycle Crossword – Groundwater Foundation
Water Footprint Activity – Educator Resource
Wet Word Search – Groundwater Foundation
Word Search – Value of Water Canada
Children’s Water Festivals
Annual children’s water festivals are held across Ontario. For more information, visit your local group’s website:
Grey Bruce Children’s Water Festival
Durham Children’s Watershed Festival
Eastern Ontario Water Festival
Haliburton-Muskoka-Kawartha Children’s Water Festival
Halton Children’s Water Festival
Perth Children’s Water Festival
Peterborough Children’s Water Festival
Greater Sudbury Children’s Water Festival
York Children’s Water Festival
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Virtual Plant Tours
Learn how water and wastewater is treated in different cities and towns in Canada using this collection of virtual facility tours.
Consider contacting your local water authority for an in-person tour to see how your water gets to the tap and where it goes after you use it.
Water Treatment Plant Tours
Barry’s Water Treatment Tour – Region of Peel
Doors Open Belleville – Water Treatment Plant
Inside Toronto’s largest water treatment plant with an Ontario drinking water inspector
Open Well – Virtual Tour of the Seaforth, Ontario, Canada Water Treatment Facility
Peel’s tap water from the Arthur P. Kennedy water treatment plant
R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant is where Toronto gets nearly half of its drinking water
Water Purification Process: Tour of the King Street Water Treatment Plant in Kingston, ON
Water Treatment Plant Tour – City of Winnipeg, MB
Water Treatment Plant Virtual Tour – Grand Prairie, AB
Water Treatment Tour in Hamilton, ON
Water Treatment Virtual Tour – Region of Peel, ON
Wastewater Treatment Plant Videos
Barry’s Wastewater Treatment Tour – Region of Peel, ON
Doors Open Belleville – Waste Water Treatment Plant
EPCOR’s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant – Edmonton, AB
History of Wastewater in Hamilton, ON
Discover the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant with Chris
Discover the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant with Kerri
Utilities Kingston Implements Plant-Wide Control System to Streamline Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Tour – Grand Prairie, AB
Drone Videos
Abandoned Hackensack Waterworks 1882 – 1990, New Jersey
Drone Flight at R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto, Ontario
Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Drone Footage – June 3, 2016
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Educational Resources for Students & World Water Day Activities
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The Water Brothers: TV Series
‘The Water Brothers is an eco-adventure documentary series following brothers, Alex and Tyler Mifflin, as they explore the world, uncovering the most important water stories of our time. What are the problems, and where are the solutions to help us better protect our most precious resource? Alex & Tyler take you on the search.’
Teacher’s guides are available for each episode here.
Watch episodes with the links provided below.
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Season 1
Season 2
Water Everywhere, but not a drop to drink
Season 3
Season 4
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