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State of Ohio · 10 hours ago

2026 Summer College Intern - Division of Drinking and Ground Waters

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Start in 2026 Summer

The State of Ohio is seeking summer interns for the Division of Drinking and Ground Waters at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Interns will assist with various tasks related to environmental compliance, outreach, and data management to protect public health and the environment.

GovernmentOffice Administration

Responsibilities

Assist with and conducts RTCR compliance outreach and implementation

Assist with HAB compliance outreach and implementation. Conducts HAB sampling

May assist with lead and copper rule compliance activities

Consumer Notice assistance

Assist with Harmful Algal Bloom compliance follow-up sampling

Assist with data management and coordinate with laboratories when compliance issues arise

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

Review Distribution Plans

Assist with construction site visits

Assist with field inspections

Assist in researching and tracking related to funding and asset management

Provide general support for the funding coordinator. Assist with violation tracking

Gather supporting documentation, identifying compliance dates and outreach to water systems for additional information

Review waterline engineering packages for completeness and perform outreach if incomplete

Assist with data management and file clean up

Provide support for general division tracking

Incidents/disruption of service reporting requirements

Outreach to water systems for monitoring requirement reminders

Target outreach related to mini grants

Back up HAB courier

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 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

Provide general assistance with lead and copper rule-related tasks

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

Consumer Confidence Report Reviews

Group Project and Presentation

DDAGW Website Cleanup Enforcement Action Preparation

SDWIS Entering Data

Qualification

Environmental ScienceWater ResourcesChemistryCompliance EnforcementRegulatory ComplianceData ManagementSafety PracticesPublic RelationsAgency PoliciesComputer SkillsAttention to DetailWritten CommunicationCustomer Focus

Required

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)