Summer 2025 Division of Drinking and Ground Waters Internships

What We Need

Ohio EPA Summer Intern – Division of Drinking and Ground Waters

What We Do

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

Essentials. Let's Talk About 'em

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest summer intern in the Division of Drinking and Ground Waters (DDAGW) We have multiple positions to choose from:

Harmful Algal Boom (HAB) SEDO,NEDO,NWDO

• Assists with and conducts RTCR compliance outreach and implementation.
• Assists with HAB compliance outreach and implementation. Conducts HAB sampling.
• May assist with lead and copper rule compliance activities.
• Consumer Notice assistance
• HAB intern will assist with Harmful Algal Bloom compliance follow-up sampling,
• Intern will assist with data management and coordinate with laboratories when compliance issues arise.
• Intern will attend HAB workgroup meetings
• Assist with Treatment Optimization Protocols (TOP) documents.
• Create review notes and comment letters for public water systems as a part of the plan review process.
• HAB program support and assistance including field work prep, sampling, delivery samples and supplies.
  
  

Engineering CO, NEDO, SWDO

• Reviewing Distribution Plans
• Assisting with construction site visits
• Assisting with field inspections.
  
  

Engineering and Funding- SEDO

• Assisting in researching and tracking related to funding and asset management
• Providing general support for the funding coordinator. Assist with violation tracking
• Gathering supporting documentation, identifying compliance dates, and outreach to water systems for additional information.
• Reviewing waterline engineering packages for completeness and perform outreach if incomplete.
• Assisting with data management and file clean up.
• Providing support for general division tracking
• Incidents/disruption of service reporting requirements.
• Outreach to water systems for monitoring requirement reminders.
• Targeted outreach related to mini grants.
• Back up HAB courier.
  
  

Asset Management-CO

• Assist with Metrics review/NOV development/tracking
• Development of supplemental materials such as standard operating procedures, flow charts and guidance documents.
• Assist in the development of presentations
• Assist in website updates
  
  

Lead And Copper-CO

• Lead Consumer Notice assistance (review and verify forms, assist with outreach)
• Sample Monitoring Point review (assistance with corrections, outreach, uploads)
• Service Line Inventory ingestion/review/follow-up/outreach
• Service Line Inventory Material Notifications review/follow-up/outreach
• Assistance with the new Lead and Copper Rule (guidance, factsheets, etc.)
• Attend presentations, Action Level Exceedance responses, site visits, water plant tours, etc.
• General assistance with lead and copper rule-related tasks
  
  

SWAP-SEDO And NEDO

• Complete SWAP SI survey.
• Conduct Ambient Sampling.
• Complete PCSI field visits.
• Help Complete GIS SWAP Work.
• Help with new well site completion.
• Help revise/update SWAP assessment reports.
  
  

Cas-co

• Consumer Confidence Report Reviews
• Group Project and Presentation
• DDAGW Website Cleanup Enforcement Action Preparation
• SDWIS Entering Data
  
  

Ready to level up your experience? Apply today, and let's talk.

• Must be currently enrolled in a college degree program directly related to the position or have recently graduated within the quarter/semester immediately preceding the start date.
• Major area of study: Environmental Science, Water Resources, Chemistry or Engineering (Environmental, Civil, Chemical) or relevant field of study.
• Knowledge of safety practices, public relations, Agency policies and procedures and permits as applicable.
• Skills in computers (word processing and database work)
  
  

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Engineering, Compliance Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Attention to Detail, Written Communication, Customer Focus

Organization

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Contact Name and Information

Hollie.Robinson@epa.ohio.gov

Unposting Date

Feb 21, 2025, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location

50 W Town St

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Other Locations

United States of America-OHIO-Hocking County-Logan, United States of America-OHIO-Wood County-Bowling Green, United States of America-OHIO-Montgomery County-Dayton, United States of America-OHIO-Summit County-Twinsburg

Compensation

$16.00

Schedule

Part-time

Classified Indicator

Unclassified

Union

N/A

Primary Job Skill

Internship

Technical Skills

Regulatory Compliance, Engineering, Environmental Services, Compliance Enforcement

Professional Skills

Attention to Detail, Customer Focus, Written Communication

Agency Overview

What We Need:

Ohio EPA Summer Intern – Division of Drinking and Ground Waters **This posting is hiring for 12 internship positions within the division.

What We Do

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.