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Specialties that change the work

• Hydrogeology

  Groundwater. Well fields, contamination plumes and aquifer protection. The best paid branch.

• Flood forecasting

  Real-time river modelling during spring melt and storms, run by provinces and conservation authorities.

• Snow and cold regions hydrology

  A Canadian speciality. Most of this country's water arrives as snow and leaves in a few weeks of melt.

• Water quality

  Nutrients, algae blooms and contaminants in lakes and rivers.