>> So this is a ground water well.
And it, basically, it measures the level of the ground water.
We're right by a stream.
So theoretically, the ground water here should be higher than at other places.
This is a well reader.
So, basically it makes [beeping] that noise which it hits water.
So just drop it down in the well.
When it beeps, we measure where the well casing it hits on.
I really enjoy being outside.
And I like that when I come to work, I could be doing any, you know, number of different things
on any given day and it's not the same thing over and over again.
This is the first job that I've ever had that is not either, you know, very monotonous
or is not in the office every day.
So that's definitely my favorite thing.
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So our well reading today is at 5.7.
Top of the well to water is 5.7 feet.
Back in the office, we have a Excel spreadsheet that we created
that tells us the actual height of the ground at this point.
So we can tell where the water is in relation to the height of the ground.
I think for me, you know, my, I have a Masters in Marine and Estuarine Environmental Science.
The thesis work that I did for that, though, was sort of more economics based
because that's what my undergrad was in.
So coming into this job, I actually didn't have a lot of experience with permit applications
and the regulatory end of things.
And it's not exactly a challenge, but it's certainly a learning experience.
Like, I wasn't familiar with doing all of the things that I'm now responsible
for doing when I first took this job.
So there was a learning curve.
But I really, really enjoy it.
And I am learning a lot of useful information, so.