Water/water Engineers plan or supervise schemes concerning the supply of drinkable water, the treatment of water and polluted water, or the mitigation of flood destruction. Prepare ecological documentary evidence for water supplies, complying with administrative programs, database maintenance and interpretation, and field research. Hydraulic modeling and reservoir design are needed. They also lead or supervise novice workers, electronics or computer-aided design (CAD) technicians, or other professional staff.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must possess at least 50% aggregate from a recognized institution in 12^th, from any board PUC/CBSE/ICSE/ISC, etc. However, the cut-off margin varies with the selection process of different colleges.
• Should procure a valid score in entrance exams such as JEE-MAINS/CET/VITEEE/JEE-Advanced, etc. Different colleges offer their own entrance exams if you don’t have a satisfactory score in JEE or other competitive exams – colleges like NMIMS, Symbiosis International University, XUB, Andhra University, LPU, etc. Every state offers their own entrance exam as well.
• One must earn a degree in B.Sc/B.Tech or a Diploma to become a Water/water Engineer. This is a basic qualification you must require to enroll in this line of work.
• An M.Tech in Water/water Engineering can also prove to be helpful while looking for a higher degree and better learning.

Tasks to perform

• Conduct hydraulic assessments of water guidance structures or water delivery channels to design flow patterns, monitor for pressure drops, or find ways to reduce risks and increase operating performance.
• Develop cost-effective assessments for the design of water distribution facilities, drainage management structures, water and water processing facilities, or stormwater drainage frameworks.
• Investigate and propose water management systems such as chemical, microbial, or other approaches to manage water for commercial or residential consumption.
• Supervise the creation of decentralized or on-site sewerage management schemes, particularly treated water services.
• Create scientific papers or scientific papers on the production of water supply or the quality of water usage.

Knowledge required

• Finance — Understanding of monetary and statistics concepts and practices, capital markets, finance, and economic information collection and documentation.
• Apprehension of Physics — Comprehending liquid, substance, and environmental mechanics, as well as structural, electronic, nuclear, and molecular systems and processes, involves knowledge and forecasting of basic phenomena, rules, and their interconnections.
• Comprehension in English — Understanding the form and substance of the English language and vocabulary, including word sense and pronunciation, writing rules, and word usage.
• Science and Innovation — Creation of realistic and analytical development of science & technology. This involves the application of principles, methods, processes, and machinery to the fabrication and manufacturing of different products and services.
• Development and Distribution — Learning the circulation of goods, production methods, quality management, prices, and other strategies for optimizing the productive produce and delivery of products.

Skills required

• Resource & Development — Entails motivating, creating, and coordinating employees while also finding the right candidates for the position.
• Effective Attention — Paying close attention to what others are doing, spending the time to evaluate the arguments being raised, responding to questions as required, and refraining from disrupting at inconvenient times.
• Surveillance — Keeping track of and reviewing your own, other people's, or organizations' results to make changes or take disciplinary measures.
• Grouping Flexibility — Combining multiple concepts or ideas of certain things and developing new functional rules to increase precision and efficiency.
• Technology Examination — Includes understanding system success metrics or benchmarks, as well as the steps required to enhance or adjust efficiency concerning the program's objectives.

Job roles offered

Once you procure the required qualifications for becoming a Water Engineer, a myriad of options is open to you. There are multiple projects you can undertake throughout this line of work, and there are many other fields you can branch out to as well.

• Dimensional Engineers: Dimensional engineers ensure that the products of their organizations are constructed to precise dimensions. To succeed in this field, these people should have strong numerical competence, particularly in the area of geometry. This type of person is in charge of constructing brand constituent guidelines, verifying the reliability of business machinery, and trying to achieve corporation manufacturing techniques. A dimensional engineer's main obligation is to use mathematics and scientific knowledge principles to evaluate a company’s industry preparedness.
• Program Manager: A Program Manager serves as a liaison among various programs within a company or agency to ensure that they are mutually beneficial and comply with general corporate strategy. They are distinguished from project management in that they are not solely responsible for specific tasks. Specific assignments inside services are supervised by program managers. They organize time, schedule, and personnel to continue projects under program requirements, and they monitor performance and any adjustments made to the original project schedule to the program manager. The project manager's position is less strategic than that of the program manager.
• Principal Developer: As a Principal Developer, you will be responsible for providing tactical and operational business management, as well as developing and retaining valued advisory positions throughout increased customer engagement. You can continually bring compelling value to the client through encouraging participation by fostering highly efficient teams, leading to the development and magnitude of our expanding company. Finally, the wellbeing of an account reflects the capacity and quality that you build as a Principal Developer.
• Design Engineer: Design engineers learn, test, and build designs for new technologies and the structures that produce them. They often change current goods or procedures to maximize productivity or enhance results. They work on nearly every commercial device possible for massive manufacturing, including mobile phones and surgical devices to home appliances and automobile engines. Design engineers are associated with not only creating goods that look gorgeous and are simple and secure to use. They are also responsible for maintaining that the commodity can be produced cost-effectively and reliably.
• Watershed Manager: Watershed Managers are in charge of designing, improving, and executing water resource maintenance programs. This will include successful water source and sewage systems, as well as policy-making for developing flooding control services and initiatives. They will collaborate with other experts such as industrial and ecological engineers. The position has recently been extended to include ecological obligations, privileged accessibility, possession, and guaranteeing that everybody has access to clean water.

Career opportunities

a Water Engineer can opt for various fields of work in the companies listed below:

• E I Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• European Staff Netherlands B.V.
• Mott MacDonald.
• SUEZ's Water Technology
• Atkins
• Ramboll Pentair
• Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited (WAPCOS)
• Ministry Of Water Resources, Delhi
• Almondz Global Infra-Consultant Limited

Colleges offering courses

• Vishwakarma University, Pune
• Academy of Water Technology and Environment Management, Kolkata
• Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
• Vaugh Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Allahabad
• Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
• Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur
• Agrawal PG College, Jaipur
• Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Science, Allahabad