Objective

This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining wastewater treatment facilities emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information is presented on physical–chemical treatment methods; conditioning; gravity filtration; dissolved air flotation thickening; inert-media pressure filters; continuous backwash, upflow, deep-bed silica sand media filters; membrane filtration; biological aerated filters; air stripping; activated carbon adsorption; and metal wastestream treatment strategies and processes for removing common and complexed metals and recovering precious metals as well as applying flocculation, electrocoagulation, and other pollutant removal techniques.