Training a climate-ready workforce to manage the impacts of climate change on water resources in Ohio coastal communities

Project Lead: The Ohio State University
Amount awarded: $4,852,566

The Ohio State University, in partnership with a community coalition, local utility services, community and HBCU colleges, 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.