Tucker Colvin has worked at the Southwest Environmental Finance Center as a technical assistance provider, trainer, and researcher since 2021. He has 8 years of experience working in the water and wastewater fields and earned his B.S. in Environmental Science with a minor in Spanish from Montana State University in 2014 and M.S. in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2020. He also holds an active water treatment certification received while working as an operator at the Bozeman, Montana drinking water plant. Tucker’s areas of expertise include: 

• Regulatory compliance
• Sampling and laboratory analysis
• Water and wastewater treatment methods
• Water chemistry
• Utility operations and maintenance
• Emergency management planning
• Infrastructure funding strategies and applications
• Creation of resources and tools for regulators, utilities, and customers
• Lead service line inventories/LCRI requirements
• Source water protection
• Asset management
• Water/wastewater system organization and governance
• Communication and community organizing 

As a graduate student at the University of New Mexico, Tucker worked for the Climate and Human Development Research Group focusing on drinking water system governance in New Mexico. His thesis titled, “Drinking Water Governance for Whom? An Institutional Analysis of Rural Drinking Water Systems in New Mexico”, earned thesis distinction. Tucker has extensive experience working with diverse and marginalized communities through work at the SW EFC focusing on rural and Tribal communities, graduate student work, previous jobs at food banks and in agriculture, and numerous volunteer positions. Tucker is currently based in Montana and focuses on providing assistance and trainings for EPA regions 6, 7, and 8, and also works across the US states and territories.