California 12-Hour Package for Wastewater Operators

• Wastewater Treatment Processes
  • Wastewater Treatment Processes [46 Activities]
    • 01. Purpose of Treatment
    • 02. Sources of Wastewater
    • 03. Wastewater Collection Systems
    • 04. Typical Treatment Facilities
    • 05. Influent
    • 06. Preliminary Treatment
    • 07. Primary Treatment
    • 08. Secondary Treatment
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      • 09. Tertiary Treatment
      • 10. Disinfection and Effluent Discharge
      • 11. Solids Handling
      • 12. Screening
      • 13. Grinding
      • 14. Grit Removal
      • 15. Sedimentation
      • 16. Factors Affecting Settling Rates
      • 17. Types of Clarifiers
      • 18. Air Flotation
      • 19. Filtration and Effluent Disposal
      • 20. Solids in Wastewater
      • 21. Chemical Coagulants
      • 22. Phosphorus Removal
      • 23. Chemical Clarification Equipment
      • 24. Disinfection
      • 25. Factors Affecting Disinfection
      • 26. Disinfection with Chlorine
      • 27. Equipment Used in Chlorine Feeding
      • 28. Lagoons
      • 29. Activated Sludge
      • 30. Aeration with Pure Oxygen
      • 31. Trickling Filters
      • 32. Distribution Systems
      • 33. Trickling Filter Operations
      • 34. Synthetic Media
      • 35. Activated Biofilter Processes (ABF)
      • 36. Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC)
      • 37. Secondary Clarifiers
      • 38. Three Processes
      • 39. Sludge Conditioning
      • 40. Thickening and Dewatering
      • 41. Drying Beds
      • 42. Lagoons
      • 43. Vacuum Filtration and Filter Presses
      • 44. Further Reduction of Water Content
      • 45. Composting
      • 46. Ultimate Disposal
• Maintaining Wastewater Equipment
  • Maintaining Wastewater Equipment [41 Activities]
    • 01. Collection Systems
    • 02. Pumping Stations
    • 03. Pump Operations
    • 04. Pump Types
    • 05. Pump Maintenance
    • 06. Pump Drive Units
    • 07. Piping, Ventilation, and Control Systems
    • 08. Level Detection
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      • 09. Station Operation and Maintenance
      • 10. Safety Considerations
      • 11. Hand-Cleaned Bar Screens
      • 12. Mechanically Cleaned Bar Screens
      • 13. Grinders
      • 14. Rotating Drum Comminutors
      • 15. Stationary Screen Comminutors
      • 16. Barminutors
      • 17. The Nature of Grit
      • 18. Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
      • 19. Maintaining Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
      • 20. Detritus Tanks
      • 21. Maintaining Detritus Tanks
      • 22. Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
      • 23. Maintaining Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
      • 24. Aerated Grit Chambers and Cyclone Separators
      • 25. Maintaining Aerated Grit Chambers
      • 26. Sedimentation
      • 27. Rectangular Clarifiers
      • 28. Scum Removal
      • 29. Circular Clarifiers
      • 30. Sludge Removal
      • 31. Laboratory Testing
      • 32. Troubleshooting
      • 33. Safety Considerations
      • 34. Properties of Flowing Liquids
      • 35. Flow Measurement Methods, Including Batch Processes
      • 36. Flow Measurement in Open Channels
      • 37. Measuring Flow from Freely Discharging Pipes
      • 38. Methods of Depth Measurement
      • 39. Flow Measurement in Completely Filled Pipes
      • 40. Methods of Pressure Measurement
      • 41. Maintenance of Flow Measurement Devices
• Pump Installation and Maintenance

Pump Installation and Maintenance [52 Activities]

• 01. Force and Work
• 02. Power and Horsepower
• 03. Energy
• 04. Velocity and Acceleration
• 05. Static Suction Lift
• 06. Pressure Losses: Friction and Vapor Pressure
• 07. Available and Required Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
• 08. Checking Pump Capacity and Pumping Hot Water
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  • 09. Computing Pump Power Requirements and Effects of Operational Factors
  • 10. Priming a Pump
  • 11. Uses and Types of Packing and Seals
  • 12. Packing
  • 13. Selecting Packing Material
  • 14. Removing Old Packing
  • 15. Installing New Packing
  • 16. Testing New Packing and Packing Precautions
  • 17. Mechanical Seals
  • 18. Mechanical Seals Versus Packing
  • 19. Types of Mechanical Seals
  • 20. Installing Mechanical Seals
  • 21. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Packing and Seals
  • 22. Installing the Pump and Preparing the Foundation
  • 23. Fabricated Steel Baseplates
  • 24. Checking Shaft Alignment and Grouting the Baseplate
  • 25. Mounting Pump and Motor Separately
  • 26. Compensating for Heat and Installing Auxiliary Pump Drives
  • 27. Maintaining Centrifugal Pumps
  • 28. Inspecting Packing, Seals, and Bearings
  • 29. Motor and Drive
  • 30. Avoiding Common Pump Problems
  • 31. Cavitation
  • 32. Ring Seizure
  • 33. Overheating
  • 34. Pump Operation
  • 35. Scheduling Maintenance and Troubleshooting
  • 36. Preparation, Work Areas, and Rigging
  • 37. Moving a Pump
  • 38. Disassembling a Pump
  • 39. Inspecting Pump Parts
  • 40. Checking Clearances
  • 41. Reassembling a Pump
  • 42. Reinstalling a Pump
  • 43. Types of Rotary Pumps
  • 44. Gear-Type and Vane-Type Rotary Pumps
  • 45. Axial-Flow Pumps
  • 46. Installing Rotary Pumps
  • 47. Aligning Pump and Piping
  • 48. Direction of Rotation
  • 49. Pump Start-Up
  • 50. Maintaining Rotary Pumps
  • 51. Scheduling Inspections and Maintenance
  • 52. Troubleshooting Rotary Pumps

Course Completion

• Mandatory Questionnaire
• California Wastewater Treatment Processes - Certificate of Achievement (1 of 3)
• California Pump Installation and Maintenance - Certificate of Achievement (2 of 3)
• California Maintaining Wastewater Equipment (3 of 3)