Northern Arizona University

Jeffrey S. Swartz

I got m B.S. in geology in 1975. Since the I got a Master's from Mississippi State University. I have worked as a engineering geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I have also taught at Kilgore College in East Texas. For the last 15 years I have worked for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection at the state headquarters in Tallahassee. I have worked on management of domestic wastewater, using land application. I have heavily participated in the development of the reuse rules and policies of Florida, which are considered the most progressive in the US. I also work with groundwater contamination from pesticides, and well head protection/source water protection programs. I do a lot with rule making and setting policy; which is more of a techno-political process than technical. That is it uses technical “truth” (or as close as we can get to it!) in the context of a bureaucratic and political reality. It is an interesting job.

Contact at swartz_js@yahoo.com or jeff.swartz@dep.state.fl.us