John Veil is the manager of the Water Policy Program for Argonne National Laboratory in Washington, DC, where he holds the rank of senior scientist. He analyzes a variety of energy industry water and waste issues for the Department of Energy.

Mr. Veil has a B.A. in Earth and Planetary Science from Johns Hopkins University, and two M.S. degrees in Zoology and Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Before joining Argonne, Mr. Veil managed the Industrial Discharge Program for the State of Maryland government where he had statewide responsibility for industrial water pollution control permitting through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Underground Injection Control (UIC), and oil control programs. Mr. Veil also served as a faculty member of the University of Maryland, Department of Zoology for several years.

Mr. Veil has published many articles and reports and has made numerous presentations on environmental and energy issues.