This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science of activated carbon and its treatment applications for industrial water and air. Explained in this presentation are the physical characteristics of activated carbon, how the material is manufactured and reactivated, industry regulations, and the technical aspects of liquid and vapor adsorption systems.

1. What is Activated Carbon and how does it work.
2. Starting Materials/Manufacture of Carbon.
3. Basics of liquid and vapor phase carbon systems.
4. Adsorption equipment.
5. Spent carbon reactivation.
6. Applications and regulations.

This course will identify the different types of aerators and discuss the basic operation of an aeration basin, including detention time, flow patterns, and the process of oxygen transfer.

1. Identify the different types of aerators.
2. Describe how the aeration basin operates.
3. Discuss the effects of detention time on the process.
4. Describe aeration basin flow patterns.
5. Explain flow patterns associated with specific aeration devices.
6. Explain the process of oxygen transfer.
7. Describe the typical operational control charts for the activated sludge process.

This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science of activated carbon and its water treatment applications. Explained in this presentation are the physical properties of activated carbon, how the material is manufactured, and the water filtration and purification process in which activated carbon removes organic compounds through adsorption.

1. Define activated carbon.
2. Describe how activated carbon works.
3. Explain the activation process of how activated carbon is made.
4. Successfully apply activated carbon technology.

Chlorine gas is the most often used disinfectant. It remains the best choice for the price and provides an excellent kill. Because chlorine gas is toxic, safe handling, storage, and use is mandatory. This course will examine the basic parts of a chlorinator and proper operation as well as storage and handling of chlorine vessels.

1. List the universal components of a gas chlorination system.
2. Explain how chlorinators work.
3. Describe the purpose of each of the universal components of a gas chlorination system.
4. Review some principles of safe chemical storage.
5. Discuss how to safely handle chlorine.

This course looks at the reality of the disposal of fats, oil and grease and the impact on municipal systems, as well as methods to remove these prior to entry into those systems.

1. Describe the term “F.O.G.”.
2. Identify contributors of fats, oil and grease to a municipal sanitary sewer system.
3. Discuss the impact of fats, oil and grease disposal on municipal systems.
4. Identify the equipment used to prevent fats, oil and grease from entering the sanitary sewer system.
5. Discuss best management practices for handling fats, oil, and grease.

This operator education course will provide the operator with an overview of pipe flow. Pipe flow is a fundamental part of both water and wastewater plants. The course will examine the math and science behind pipe flow. Operators will also learn about fluids and how fluids travel through pipes. Specifically, operators will learn about these three important fluid properties: viscosity, specific weight, and compressibility.

1. Understand the math and science behind pipe flow.
2. Understand how fluids travel through pipes.
3. Understand the properties of viscosity, specific weight and compressibility.

Low pressure membranes are becoming the preferred drinking water treatment process to meet consumer demand and regulatory pressure for better quality drinking water along with tightening budgetary constraints. As a relatively new treatment process, the drinking water industry is learning that the old ways of doing things has to change to accommodate the use of low pressure membranes. This presentation will focus on the unique features and challenges that a municipality will face when choosing to use low pressure membranes for their water treatment plant. The topics to be discussed include pilot testing; procurement; design & coordination; membrane fouling management; membrane fiber breakage management; commissioning and startup; operator training; collecting and recording data to maintain operations; and membrane terms and calculations.

1. Understand treatment process changes required to implement low pressure membrane systems.
2. Have a good grasp of the process involved in selecting and implementing low pressure membrane systems.
3. Have been exposed to various membrane terms and calculations.
4. Understand the data collecting, recording and reporting needs of membrane treatment systems.

This course is designed to help an operator understand how lockout/tagout affects their job duties and may assist in the development of a basic lockout/tagout program. However, this course is in no way intended to be a substitute for the proper development of a lockout/tagout program, including site-specific training that is required by OSHA..

1. Understand the importance of a Lockout/ Tagout program.
2. Understand the formal program requirements.
3. Be able to identify hazards.
4. Understand the process for removal of lockout devices.
5. Be familiar with training requirements of the program.

The Membrane Filtration & Membrane Bioreactors course covers the basics of Membrane Filtration and MBR and is perfect for anyone wanting to know about these newest membrane technologies. You will learn all of the practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Microfiltration (MF) or Ultrafiltration (UF) and Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) membrane water treatment technologies. Unit 2: Introduction to Membrane Water Treatment, with cover Membranes; Suspended Contaminants; Membrane Configurations; Membrane Technologies; and Pressure Driven Membrane Technologies.

1. What is meant by “Membrane Water Treatment”.
2. The different types of pressure-driven membrane technologies.
3. In general, the applications for which each pressure-driven membrane technology is used.
4. Distinguish between membrane filtration and reverse osmosis.

The Reverse Osmosis Operation & Maintenance Course includes 11 units. The series provides practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) water treatment technologies and helps operators apply that knowledge while operating a reverse osmosis water treatment facility. Unit 1: Water Contaminants, will provide information on various contaminants of concern for RO Systems, including Ions, Gases, Organics & Silica.

1. Understand Water Contaminants.
2. Know How RO Membranes Reject Them.

The Reverse Osmosis Operation & Maintenance Course includes 11 units. The series provides practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) water treatment technologies and helps operators apply that knowledge while operating a reverse osmosis water treatment facility. Unit 11: Chemical Cleaning, with discuss Removing scalants; Removing foulants; what defines a good cleaning procedure; How to determine when to stop cleaning; and How to determine the effectiveness of a cleaning.

1. Understand the most important features of a good chemical cleaning.
2. Know which cleaners to use for fouling and which to use for scaling.
3. Know when to clean and when to stop cleaning.
4. Know proper flow rates and temperatures to use during cleaning.

The Reverse Osmosis Operation & Maintenance Course includes 11 units. The series provides practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) water treatment technologies and helps operators apply that knowledge while operating a reverse osmosis water treatment facility. Unit 3 covers Osmosis & Reverse Osmosis, including Osmotic pressure; Applied pressure; Net Driving Pressure; Water flux and Salt flux.

1. Understand Osmosis & Reverse Osmosis.
2. Be able to calculate Osmotic Pressure.
3. Be able to Net Driving Pressure (NDP).
4. Know how NDP affects membrane performance.
5. Understand how pressures and temperatures affect water and salt passage.

The Reverse Osmosis Operation & Maintenance Course includes 11 units. The series provides practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) water treatment technologies and helps operators apply that knowledge while operating a reverse osmosis water treatment facility. Unit 6: Reverse Osmosis Units, with cover POU, POE, industrial, municipal; Single stage, multi-stage; Single pass, double pass; and Brackish water RO, seawater RO.

1. Understand how staging reduces fouling and scaling potential at higher recovery rates.
2. Understand Single-stage units.
3. Understand Two-stage units.
4. Understand Three-stage units.

The Reverse Osmosis Operation & Maintenance Course includes 11 units. The series provides practical information necessary to thoroughly understand Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) water treatment technologies and helps operators apply that knowledge while operating a reverse osmosis water treatment facility. Unit 8: Seawater RO Unit Operation, covers Single stage, double stage; and Single pass, double pass applications.

1. You will understand standard SWRO single-stage design.
2. You will understand Two-stage design.
3. Know what takes place inside a seawater RO Unit in regards to water passage, salt passage, and pressures.
4. Know how to determine “Recovery Rate” and “Concentration Factor” of a SWRO unit.

This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science and technologies involved with determining the source of taste and water issues that challenge municipal drinking water systems, as well as solutions that remove and control the contributing contaminants.

1. Defining taste and odor.
2. Taste and odor regulations.
3. Measuring taste and odor.
4. Determining the source of taste and odor.
5. Solving taste and odor issues.

This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science and technologies involved with utilizing Ultraviolet (UV) light for drinking water disinfection. Explained in this presentation is how UV technology is applied to the drinking water purification process to effectively inactivate Cryptosporidium and other similar pathogens.

1. Defining Ultraviolet (UV) light.
2. UV Markets/Applications.
3. Determining how UV lamps work.
4. Common types of UV lamps.
5. Defining terminology.

This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science and technologies involved with utilizing Ultraviolet (UV) oxidation for water purification. Explained in this presentation is how UV light technology and oxidizing agents are applied to a water treatment process to destroy organic contaminants.

1. UV Oxidation basics.
2. Design Parameters – 3 P’s and a D.
3. Design Test.
4. Reaction Kinetics and UV Utilization.
5. Effect of path length and spectral effects.
6. Dose distribution and CFD modeling.

This lesson describes the practical aspects of ionization and what effects this has on the treatment of water by reverse osmosis membranes. Although there are several theories describing how RO works, one basic factor allowing this separation is the charge on the ions dissolved in the water. Ions are important for other reasons in RO water treatment. Strong acids, such as hydrochloric acid, are used in membrane cleaning. Other ions, such as those created by high or low pH, will cause damage to some membranes. Still other ions, such as hypochlorite ion, aid in the killing of bacteria.

1. When given an exam, be able to correctly calculate molarity of solutions and identify terms associated with dissolved substances (ions), including: dissociation of ions, acids and bases, pH, oxidation and reduction, and chlorination.

This lesson discusses the chemistry of the organic compounds that are of concern when treating water by reverse osmosis membranes. Organics are usually not present in very large concentrations in the water treated by reverse osmosis units. However, their presence is important since their removal may be necessary for the end use of the purified water and also since they may cause operational problems. Organics may cause fouling both directly and indirectly by providing a food source for bacteria. It is also important to have an understanding of organic chemistry since the RO membrane itself is an organic compound.

1. When given a practice exam, be able to correctly calculate molecular weights and identify terms associated with dissolved organic substances, such as organic compounds, functional groups, organic solubility and RO membrane rejection.