Program Overview
The Water Quality & Environmental Technology degree program is designed to meet the growing workforce needs for supporting the restoration and remediation of impacted groundwater and other environmentally compromised sites across the State of Michigan, throughout the Great Lakes region, and around the United States.
NMC offers:
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE, WATER QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Waterfront Campus
High-Demand Jobs
Internship required
Hans Van Sumeren, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Founding Director
“This program will focus on training a workforce supporting the direct monitoring and cleanup of waters within the Great Lakes watershed and focusing on the direct impact to the quality of our water resources.”
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