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

Course Format: Text

Credit Type: Water, Wastewater, Wastewater

Course ID(s): 68994, 68991, 69003, 68999

Approved By: Department of Health And Hospitals - Center For Environmental Health

16-Hour Package for Wastewater Operators

  • 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
    • 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
  • 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
    • 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
  • 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
    • 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 [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
    • 09. The Bernoulli Effect and Venturi Applications
    • 10. Friction Head
    • 11. The Siphon

Course Completion

  • Mandatory Questionnaire
  • Maintaining Wastewater Equipment - Certificate of Achievement
  • Wastewater Treatment Processes - Certificate of Achievement
  • Pumps Part 1 - Certificate of Achievement
  • Fluid Mechanics - Certificate of Achievement