About this role
City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
2026 College Student Summer Internship – Office of Watershed Protection – Drinking/Wastewater Labs
Position pays from: $16.75 - $18
Posted Until Filled
Internship Details - May 21, 2026 – July 29, 2026 (In-person)
General Description:
The Office of Watershed Protection is responsible for the development and implementation of the environmental compliance and inspection programs including natural resource management, water resources protection, water quality management, monitoring, and analysis, industrial pretreatment, stormwater compliance, permit and regulatory compliance, and regional water resource planning.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities for the Division of Wastewater Labs:
Responsibilities: These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive.
May perform other duties as assigned.
• Sample Custody- the intake of daily samples pouring up samples and distribute to different areas of the laboratory according to analysis.
• Residual Area-Processing samples
• Nutrients Area- Processing samples
• Glassware cleaning, sample dumping and bottle washing
• Assist technicians in daily prep.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Knowledge of glassware and measurement of reagents
• Laboratory safety
• Aseptic techniques
• Effective Verbal and written communications
• Knowledge of laboratory practices, equipment and instrumentation
Minimum Qualifications:
• Must be eighteen years of age or older
• Must be authorized to work in the United States of America
• Must be a sophomore or above college student at application submission
• Minimum overall GPA 3.0
• Must attach College Transcript – Unofficial IS acceptable (NO screenshots)
• Currently pursuing a bachelors, associates or above from an accredited college or university.
• Must have at least one remaining semester at the start of the internship
• Must attach Resume (NO screenshots)
• Required Major: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science
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Other facts
About City of Atlanta
The City of Atlanta remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the nations busiest in daily passenger flights. Direct flights to Europe, South America, and Asia have made metro Atlanta easily accessible to the more than 1,000 international businesses that operate here and the more than 50 countries that have representation in the city through consulates, trade offices, and chambers of commerce. The city has emerged as a banking center and is the world headquarters for 13 Fortune 500 companies.
Atlanta is the Capital city of the southeast, a city of the future with strong ties to its past. The old in new Atlanta is the soul of the city, the heritage that enhances the quality of life in a contemporary city. In the turbulent 60's, Atlanta was "the city too busy to hate." And today, in the 21st Century, Atlanta is the "city not too busy to care".
For more than four decades Atlanta has been linked to the civil rights movement. Civil Rights leaders moved forward, they were the visionaries who saw a new south, a new Atlanta. They believed in peace. They made monumental sacrifices for that peace. And because of them Atlanta became a fast-pace modern city which opened its doors to the 1996 Olympics.
Die-hard Southerners view Atlanta as the heart of the Old Confederacy; Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage.
In the past two decades Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40%, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown, Buckhead, and outer perimeter (fringing I-285) business districts.
What you'll do
- The intern will assist in the intake and processing of samples in various laboratory areas, including residual and nutrients areas. Additional duties include cleaning glassware and assisting technicians with daily preparations.
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