The 5-day course will provide an introductory level of coverage to the operation and management of publicly owned treatment works. Attendees will be instructed in fundamental principles of wastewater treatment. The main emphasis will be on the most frequently used treatment processes. The course is intended to highlight matters that should concern a regulatory inspector during an NPDES or WDR program inspection.
Topics include:
Wastewater characteristics, microbiology of activated sludge, attached growth (fixed film), suspended growth (activated sludge), advanced treatment, process control, inspection procedures, sampling procedures, flow measurement, field measurements, and records review.
Day four includes a field exercise at a local waste water treatment plant.
PLUS – Group Two includes a day of supplemental inspection and enforcement training provides by the State Board’s Office of Enforcement!
Instructors:
Trent Rainey, Louis Salguero, Mike Bowden, Kevin Simmons, and Ron Phelps
US-EPA, Enforcement and Investigations Branch, Region 4
980 College Station Road
Athens, Georgia 30605-2720
Dates & Time:
October 2 1:00 – 4:30
October 3 & 4 8:30 – 5:00
October 5 8:30 – 3:00
October 6 8:30 – 3:00
Location:
Island Palms Hotel, San Diego, CA
Call 1-800-922-2336 by September 18 toreserve a room at the Government rate of $110. Tell the hotel you are with the California State Water Board Academy (WWTPO).
If you choose to go online and reserve a room at www.islandpalms.com, enter rate code GWTPO in the Promotional Code Field to get the government rate.
Register:
On-line at http://waternet/training/ Complete a Training Request and obtain necessary approvals prior to registration.
Cost: No registration fees for this program. The hotel will prepare lunch for the Tuesday and Wednesday classes at a special rate of $10 per person. We ask that all students purchase the lunch from the hotel.
If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact OEA, (916) 341-5880 or email Adrian Perez at at least 5 working days prior to the class. TTY/DD/Speech to Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.