Position Statements | GHSS Hydrologist Board
Explore Wisconsin DSPS position statements guidelines on professional hydrology, including official definitions, state statutory licensing requirements, and the code of ethics.
Position Statements
As defined in Wisconsin Statute 470.01 (1r), hydrology is a science that involves the study of the waters of the earth, including the study of the occurrence, circulation, distribution, chemistry or quality of water or its role as a natural agent that causes changes in the earth, and the investigation and collection of data concerning waters in the atmosphere or on the surface or in the interior of the earth, including data regarding the interaction of water with other gases, solids or fluids.
Yes. No person may engage or offer to engage in the practice of professional hydrology, designate himself or herself as a professional hydrologist, use or assume the title "professional hydrologist" or any other title, letters or designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a professional hydrologist unless the person is licensed by the professional hydrologist section of the examining board of professional geologists, hydrologists and soil scientists.
[See Wisconsin Statutes 470.02(2).]
Yes, exceptions are listed in Wisconsin Statute 470.025.
Yes, Wisconsin Administrative Code GHSS 5 provides the rules of conduct of the hydrologist profession. Violating the rules of this Chapter may result in disciplinary action taken against a licensee.
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Professional Geologist Section
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