After completing this course, the licensee should be able to:
- Name and define the basic six processes that make the hydrologic cycle a continuous process.
- Identify the groups that use municipal water and how each can conserve water through careful use.
- Identify different methods of water treatment and the stages of each.
- Name the causes and sources of pollution.
- Measure the properties of water using a variety of instruments.
- Relate varying conditions of pH, hardness, dissolved oxygen, etc., of water to establish quality.
- Identify procedures used to kill or inactivate common organisms found in water.
IACET CEUs
These courses gives you the opportunity to earn IACET CEUs through our parent company Certus. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Certus offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. To earn IACET CEUs, you must:
- Complete all lessons in the course,
- Correctly answer every quiz question posed through the course, and
- Complete the course evaluation.
Assessment Information: This online course presents each section with commentary, a graphic illustration or photograph, and requires the learner to answer multiple choice questions after reviewing the content. The learner must complete all multiple-choice questions for each section correctly to get IACET CEUs, a certificate of completion, or state license renewal credit for the course. If the learner's first response is incorrect, learners will be immediately allowed to answer the question again until the correct answer is chosen. Question choices are randomized, so each participant will have a unique testing experience
Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites.
Course Format: Text
Credit Type: Drinking Water
CEUs: 0.2
Course ID(s): 26-2021
Approved By: Department of Health And Human Services - Drinking Water
Introduction to Water Technology [51 Activities]
- 01. The Water Cycle
- 02. Precipitation
- 03. Surface Runoff
- 04. Groundwater
- 05. Lots of Water, but…
- 06. Water Use
- 07. Industrial Use
- 08. Agricultural Use and Waste
- 09. Beginning of Waterworks
- 10. Centuries of Neglect
- 11. Water Treatment - Beginning to Today
- 12. Collecting Surface and Ground Water
- 13. Transmission of Water
- 14. Why Treat the Supply Water?
- 15. Types of Treatment
- 16. Treatment in the Treatment Plant and Distribution
- 17. Collecting Wastewater
- 18. Treating Wastewater
- 19. Primary Treatment
- 20. Secondary Treatment
- 21. Tertiary Treatment
- 22. Basic Properties of Water
- 23. The Color of Water
- 24. Measuring Water Color
- 25. Taste and Odor of Water
- 26. The Temperature of Water
- 27. Solids in Water
- 28. Total Solids in Water
- 29. Volatile and Fixed Solids
- 30. Turbidity and Suspended Matter
- 31. Electrical Conductivity
- 32. Atoms and Molecules
- 33. Acids, Bases, and Salts
- 34. The Ionization of Water
- 35. Alkalinity
- 36. Acidity
- 37. Hardness of Water
- 38. Other Unwanted Chemicals
- 39. Dissolved Oxygen
- 40. Pathogenicity
- 41. Disinfection
- 42. Stabilization of Organic Matter
- 43. Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- 44. Factors Affecting Growth
- 45. The Food Chain and Living Things
- 46. Bacteria
- 47. Environmental Classifications of Bacteria
- 48. Bacteria in Treatment Plants
- 49. Viruses
- 50. Algae
- 51. Protozoa and Higher Organisms
Course Completion
- Mandatory Questionnaire
- Certificate of Achievement
- IACET Certificate of Achievement
