如果他们还没有这样做，水务公司就需要开始处理文化多样性问题，随着21世纪的到来，文化多样性日益成为工作场所的特征。根据AWWA在1990年发布的一项青年教育调查，90家公用事业公司已经参与了这类努力，目前已经惠及了130多万1-12年级的学生。在这篇文章中，作者回顾了其中一些公用事业公司已经开展的项目。公用事业公司提供的选项包括职业教育、指导和工作跟踪计划，以及实地考察、奖学金和招聘。公用事业公司希望培养一批学生，他们将有资格在供水行业长期就业。

If they are not already doing so, water utilities need to begin dealing with the cultural diversity that increasingly characterizes the workplace as the twenty-first century approaches. Ninety utilities, according to a Youth Education Survey released by AWWA in 1990, are already participating in such efforts and have so far reached more than 1.3 million students in grades 1-12. In this article, the authors review programs a few of those utilities have undertaken. Among the options utilities are offering are career education, mentoring, and job shadowing programs, as well as field trips, scholarships, and recruitment. The utilities hope to cultivate a pool of students who will later qualify for permanent employment in the water supply industry.