Operator's courses

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PFAS is/will be regulated sooner or later in your province/state due to its health concerns. This course discusses water treatment processes, including GAC and Ion exchange. Disposal of concentrated PFAS is also regulated, accounting for 25-50% of the treatment cost; therefore, disposal options such as the Claros and Gradient technologies are included in the course.

Ozone, in drinking water treatment, is used for disinfection (e.g., Cryptosporidium) and oxidation (e.g., taste and odour compounds). This course covers the basics of ozone, including its chemistry, regulations, safety, and the components of ozone systems. It also presents risk management for bromate and HAAs. This course includes a case study on ozone operation and troubleshooting.

When you add chlorine to treated water, several hundred DBPs, such as THMs and HAAs, form, which can impact public health over time and are therefore regulated. The primary approach is to reduce organics before adding chlorine and to optimize your chlorine dosage to minimize DBP formation, along with many other potential treatments. This course includes real-world case studies on THMs and HAAs.

Although groundwater is a consistent and reliable source of raw water, many groundwater sources have concerns of iron, manganese, arsenic and/or ammonia. This course provides tools to the water operator not only to  treat effectively, but also to optimize these challenges 

Utilities/municipalities have used coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration (conventional treatment) for many decades. Utilities find a way to optimize their traditional treatment.  This course presents/discusses new developments and lessons learned over the decades, and tackles new emerging contaminants such as PFAS and microplastics.

UV disinfection is widely used for the primary disinfection due to its effectiveness and short reaction time (a few seconds). Its combination with chlorine protects all pathogens. The UV advanced oxidation process is a new treatment method for reducing micro-pollutants, including taste and odour compounds, and PPCPs & EDCs.