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Water Chemistry. Loren McClung. Work Description. Discover the impact of water on elements & how elements affect the quality of water. Specialist AND Generalist. 75% Earth's surface Every ecosystem Industrial processes Recreation Manufacturing. Jobs. Hydrologist Geologist
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Water Chemistry Loren McClung
Work Description Discover the impact of water on elements & how elements affect the quality of water.
Specialist AND Generalist • 75% Earth's surface • Every ecosystem • Industrial processes • Recreation • Manufacturing
Jobs • Hydrologist • Geologist • Hydrobiogeochemist • Water purification, wastewater treatment, surface-water OR groundwater chemist
Courses Required Microbiology Geology Aqueous geochemistry Geochemical kinetics Hydrogeology Microbial ecology
Salary • Water chemist • $49,000 • Groundwater chemist • $53,000 per year • Hydrologist • Median—$61,510 per year
A Healthy Stream • pH • Temperature • Dissolved Oxygen
Hydrology- The Water Cycle • Measurement of water in different occurrences in the hydrologic cycle
Groundwater • Zone of Aeration • Zone of Saturation • Aquifer • Capillary Fringes • Infiltration • Soil Zone
Sources • Water Chemistry- http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1188&content_id=CTP_003404&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=16508c9f-d927-4f0c-bc50-70a3cb46347a • Simply Hired- http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-water+chemist/l-PA • http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/arc/projects/2004/Water%20chem.jpg • http://wrc.usc.edu.ph/dynamic/photos/hydrology_pic1.jpg • http://earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/hydrolo/watertable.jpg • Hydrology- http://earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/hydrolo/hydrolo.html