Louisiana 16-Hour Package for Wastewater Operators

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

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
  - View Additional Activities
    - 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
  - View Additional Activities
    - 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
  - View Additional Activities
    - 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
  - View Additional Activities
    - 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)