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Water and wastewater engineer, Kaipūhanga wai me te waipara

Also known as

  • Water resources engineer, water supply engineer, water operations engineer, wastewater engineer, water flow engineer, wastewater process engineer, drainage engineer
  • , Mataaro Wai/Waipara

Water and wastewater engineers design systems and oversee projects involving wastewater disposal, clean water supply and flooding impacts. They may supervise and advise technical staff.

Your pay could be

$72K

Lower

$86K to $126K

Most common

$150K

Upper

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