This 16-hour package is intended for Louisiana wastewater operators. The following approved courses are included:

  • Maintaining Wastewater Equipment - 5 hours
  • Wastewater Treatment Processes - 5 hours
  • Pumps: Part 1 - 5 hours
  • Fluid Mechanics - 1 hour

Approved By: Division of Unregulated Administration Bureau Commission Office

  • 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
  • Pumps: Part 1
    • Pumps: Part 1 [42 Activities]
      • 01. The Development of Pumps
      • 02. Pumping Systems
      • 03. Water Pumping Systems
      • 04. Chemical Pumping Systems
      • 05. Waste Pumping Systems
      • 06. High-Viscosity Material Pumping Systems
      • 07. Solid Pumping Systems
      • 08. Pumping Terminology
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        • 09. Calculating Total Head
        • 10. Horsepower Calculations
        • 11. Total Energy vs Available NPSH
        • 12. Available NPSH vs Required NPSH
        • 13. Pump Performance Curves
        • 14. Head Capacity Curves
        • 15. Curve Families
        • 16. Pump Selection
        • 17. Centrifugal Pumps
        • 18. Pump Part Definitions
        • 19. End-Suction Casing Configurations
        • 20. Split-Case Centrifugal Pumps
        • 21. Double-Volume Pumps
        • 22. Impeller Types
        • 23. Wear Rings
        • 24. Shafts, Bearings, and Sleeves
        • 25. Turbine Pumps Overview and Lineshaft Turbines
        • 26. Can Turbines
        • 27. Submersible Turbines
        • 28. Flow Patterns
        • 29. Axial-Flow Propeller Pumps
        • 30. Mixed-Flow Propeller Pumps
        • 31. Special Propeller Pumps and Turbine Pump Construction
        • 32. Vertical Turbine Pump Application
        • 33. Regenerative Turbine Pumps
        • 34. Introduction to Rotary Pumps
        • 35. External-Gear Pumps
        • 36. Internal-Gear Pumps
        • 37. Lobe Pumps
        • 38. Screw Pumps
        • 39. Vane Pumps
        • 40. Rotary Piston Pumps
        • 41. Flexible-Members Pumps
        • 42. Rotary Pump Installations
  • Fluid Mechanics
    • Fluid Mechanics [11 Activities]
      • 01. Definition of a Fluid
      • 02. Fluids Distribute Forces
      • 03. Definition of Pressure
      • 04. Measuring Pressure
      • 05. Sources of Fluid Pressure
      • 06. Gauge Verses Absolute Pressure
      • 07. Liquid Seeks Its Own Level
      • 08. Velocity Head Verses Static Pressure
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        • 09. The Bernoulli Effect and Venturi Applications
        • 10. Friction Head
        • 11. The Siphon
  • Course Completion
    • Mandatory Questionnaire
    • LA Wastewater Treatment Processes - Certificate of Achievement (1 of 4)
    • LA Maintaining Wastewater Equipment - Certificate of Achievement (2 of 4)
    • LA Pumps: Part 1 - Certificate of Achievement (3 of 4)
    • LA Fluid Mechanics - Certificate of Achievement (4 of 4)
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