With only nine projects awarded across the country, CWA is proud to serve as an economic development and employer connection partner on the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Climate-Ready Workforce initiative grant led by The Ohio State University. The water economy is growing at a rapid rate, and we are excited to help prepare the next generation of its workforce.

"The Ohio State University, in partnership with a community coalition, local utility services, community and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and consulting employers, will train climate-ready workers — including technicians, scientists and engineers — to fulfill the specialized workforce needs of the water industry in the Great Lakes. Through a knowledge and skills-building framework in water quality monitoring and modeling, geographic information systems, stormwater infrastructure and environmental policy and management, participants will form a diverse, digitally fluent workforce at various career levels and with the expertise to provide their communities with climate-resilient solutions for water system services in the coast of Lake Erie."