Environmental Scientist

Beaver Water District is the largest drinking water provider in Northwest Arkansas, serving over 365,000 residents, and relies on Beaver Lake as its sole source of water. BWD has a robust source water protection program and is active in data collection, research, and programs to protect the water quality of Beaver Lake.

This position has primary responsibilities in the areas of environmental monitoring, policy, assessment, source water protection planning, and water quality. The Environmental Scientist is responsible for developing data quality objectives and Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plans, ensuring safe, accurate, and timely collection of chemical, biological and physical samples, and data management. They use data to create tools that inform source water protection and drinking water operations decision making. The Environmental Scientist is responsible for developing strategies for influencing environmental policy and regulation. They are also responsible for the design and implementation of watershed and reservoir assessment projects and research. They participate in a broad range of environmental, technical, and scientific tests, studies, assessments, field work, and monitoring programs.