Zach Lowenstein

About Zach Lowenstein

Environmental professional leading EPA initiative called Closing America\'s Wastewater Access Gap. Worked in private industry (petroleum clean up/ remediation), FL state government (water use permitting/compliance), and currently with US EPA working on decentralized wastewater issues, partnerships, outreach/ education, and technical assistance to rural, disadvantaged communities.https://alumni-giving.phhp.ufl.edu/2023/07/14/access-to-safe-sanitation-systems-is-a-national-problem-heres-how-one-m-p-h-alumnus-has-made-it-his-priority/

Experience

1. Senior Environmental Scientist Team Lead

   Us Environmental Protection Agency Epa

   Feb 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Team lead for EPA\'s Closing America\'s Wastewater Access Gap Initiative, building off a successful pilot initiative, which provides no-cost technical assistance to communities with failing septic systems or without existing wastewater infrastructure•Provide up to 150 communities with assessments, solutions plans, preliminary engineering support, etc, to assist them with submitting funding applications for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, to address their wastewater infrastructure needs•Manage HQ staff team, and coordinating with each EPA region•Maintain key metrics, briefing senior leadership regularly•Manage multimillion dollar contract, as Contractor Officer Representative, in coordinating technical assistance to communities

Education

• University of Florida

  Bachelors, Environmental Science

  2007 — 2011

• University of Florida

  Masters, Public (Environmental) Health

  2011 — 2013