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I think the thing that , that gives me

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the most satisfaction in my job is

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knowing that we're part of a bigger

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picture . And even though water quality

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is a small part of everything that the

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Pittsburgh District does

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collaboratively , we make this a better

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place for the general public and

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knowing that I get to go out and work

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in this beautiful environment and help

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that decision making occur , make sure

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we're following regulations and improve

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the environment for our customers .

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That gives me joy . It's great to work

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with the Army Corps of Engineers

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because they have a similar mission to

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us . It's a very natural partnership

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because we have very similar

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backgrounds , similar mission and

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similar purpose to be in the fields on

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a day to day basis . We can either be

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working in the fields such as

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collecting water samples or biological

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samples or we're also in the office

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where we're fulfilling our obligations

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to work with helping review permits and

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things like that . People in general

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Pennsylvanians should care about our

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streams and the health of our streams

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because it's their own health that

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they're protecting as well . We're

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drinking this water , we're fishing

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from it . And if the water isn't

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protected , humans are not protected .

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Either one thing , we value a lot as a

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member of the water quality team is

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partnerships between our federal state

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and local partners . And a lot of that

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goes back to the fact that we're a four

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member team and we try to make sure

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that we're covering our bases with our

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coverage . We try to assist each other

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in our jobs and also have an open line

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of communication that just makes our

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jobs easier across all the agencies and

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makes for a better flowing environment

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when it comes to completing our mission .

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The main mission for the Pittsburgh

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district is flood control and

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navigation and there are regulations ,

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army regulations , engineering

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regulations that indicate that as we

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operate those facilities , we need to

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make sure that we don't harm the

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environment or cause any degradation to

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the environment . So mostly what the

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team does is we collect that data and

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supply that professional opinion as to

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how our operations fit within that

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mission . And are we achieving all our

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goals and object ? Our organization

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overlaps with the Army Corps of

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Engineers over a jurisdiction of many

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of the waterways that we sample rather

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than do redundant sampling . Or if we

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know that we are in an area that the

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Army Corps is specifically interested

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in . We enjoy partnering with them to

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get the manpower , especially that we

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need to be able to finish our sampling

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efforts . Some of the big benefits to

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our partnerships with local

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organizations , whether it be

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conservation groups or larger non

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governmental organizations , our

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federal and state partners is that we

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can share our information , our data ,

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we can make sure them pool our

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resources that we're not replicating

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something that someone else is doing .

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And really , it helps us bring that all

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together . And then we can have a very

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comprehensive picture of water quality

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within the Pittsburgh District that

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essentially then benefits also

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Pennsylvania and the surrounding states .