Course catalog
Continuing education courses
Continuing education for wastewater operators. Approval and credit differ by state, so the catalog below shows availability for one state at a time.
Each awards 1 hour · $19.00 USD each · All count toward Class 1-4 licenses.
Lagoon Levers: What Each Change Costs
Level 2
Making changes in lagoon operations without knowing their effects can cause poor effluent, sludge build-up, or higher costs.
Pending state approval (Pending)Trickling Filters: What More Flow Buys and Costs
Level 2
Operators often face trouble when increasing flow through trickling filters without understanding how it affects recirculation, sludge, and effluent quality.
Pending state approval (Pending)Activated Sludge 2: What Each Change Does
Level 2
Equip operators to understand the effects of adjusting each primary control lever in activated sludge plants, including their impacts on effluent…
Pending state approval (Pending)What a Duplicate Can and Cannot Tell You
Level 2
To deepen operators' understanding of instrument calibration nuances, quality control checks with duplicates, and their practical implications on…
Pending state approval (Pending)Clarifier Capacity: Four Ways to Overload It
Level 2
Secondary clarifiers can get overloaded in four different ways, each affecting sludge handling and effluent quality differently.
Pending state approval (Pending)Local Limits: The Headworks Calculation
Level 2
Plants sometimes face trouble controlling pollutants because local limits at the headworks aren't properly calculated or understood.
Pending state approval (Pending)Reading Sludge Quality: The Five Control Tests
Level 2
To teach operators how to accurately assess sludge quality using the five control tests, understand how test results coordinate to guide operational…
Pending state approval (Pending)Disinfection 2: What the Dose Actually Buys
Level 2
Changing chlorine dose without understanding contact time and residual levels can lead to missed disinfection targets or wasted chemicals.
Pending state approval (Pending)The Storm Variables That Are Not Flow
Level 2
Equip experienced wastewater treatment operators with a deeper understanding of non-flow storm variables affecting wet weather operations, focusing…
Pending state approval (Pending)When a User Claims Upset: Judging the Defence
Level 2
Industrial users sometimes claim upset or bypass defences to avoid penalties, but many of these claims don't meet federal rules.
Pending state approval (Pending)Not seeing what you need?
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