Wastewater Operations - Advanced
A 108-hour program meeting State Department of Environmental
Protection and Energy guidelines which prepares individuals to work in
municipal sewage treatment plants. Successful completion of this
course enables students to sit for the New Jersey State examination at
the S-2, S-3, S-4 level for wastewater operations licensing.
Prerequisite: Level 1 license or college degree in related
science.
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| I. Introduction and Treatment
Methods - WW201 |
| 1. |
Rules and regulations |
| 2. |
Reports and budget |
| 3. |
Recordkeeping |
| 4. |
Safety regulations |
| 5. |
Toxicity and employee rights legislation |
| 6. |
Wastewater sources and characteristics |
| 7. |
Treatment methods - preliminary |
| 8. |
Treatment systems |
| 9. |
Treatment methods - preliminary classification |
| 10. |
Secondary treatment I |
| 11. |
Secondary treatment II |
| 12. |
Review |
II. Sludge Systems - WW202 |
| 1. |
Conventional - design criteria |
| 2. |
Conventional - principles of operation |
| 3. |
Conventional - operational parameters |
| 4. |
Conventional - process control |
| 5. |
Activated systems - principles of operation |
| 6. |
Activated systems - operational parameters |
| 7. |
System review and examination |
| 8. |
Sludge thickening methods |
| 9. |
Sludge digestion - aerobic stages |
| 10. |
Sludge digestion - anaerobic |
| 11. |
Sludge digestion - anaerobic - methane |
| 12. |
Sludge dewatering |
III. Advanced Treatment - WW203 |
| 1. |
Sludge disposal |
| 2. |
Stabilization lagoons |
| 3. |
Nitrification |
| 4. |
Denitrification |
| 5. |
Phosphorous removal |
| 6. |
Disinfection |
| 7. |
Site visitation |
| 8. |
B.O.D. and C.O.D. |
| 9. |
Solids and suspensions |
| 10 |
D.O., pH, chlorine |
| 11. |
Sludge analysis |
| 12. |
Review and examination |
Location: Assunpink Center
3 36 hour units, 2 evenings per week, 3 hours per evening |