Wastewater Treatment Processes and Technologies
Upcoming dates (1)
Fee
- $1,495
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This course has two attendance options, face-to-face or online.
Face-to-face attendance fee includes morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, and course materials.
Online attendance fee includes online instruction and course materials. Online attendees will access course sessions via the Zoom web conferencing platform.
Discounts
When two or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $1420.
When three or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $1395.
ID
RA01043-D050
Credits
- CEU: 1.7
- PDH: 17
Schedule
- 11/7/2023 09:00am - 05:00pm CT
- 11/8/2023 09:00am - 05:00pm CT
- 11/9/2023 09:00am - 04:00pm CT
Course Notes
This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) taught course. Your registration is for one teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us before registering if you have any questions.
Registration confirmation will guide students through accessing the Canvas course site.
Students will create and log in to the Canvas course site with a NetID. Course assets such as participation certificates and course evaluations will be available to all students through the Canvas course site.
Online attendees will access course sessions via the Zoom web conferencing platform.
Instructors
Matt Castillo, Jim Fisher, Alan Grooms, John Siczka
Location
Accommodations
Room: rates start at $145
Reserve by: Oct. 19, 2023
Room: rates start at $149
Group Code: Use reservation link below
Topic:
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
Course Overview
Well-designed and operated wastewater treatment facilities are essential for the protection of public health and the environment. Learn the key processes, technologies, and current regulations to help you design, manage and improve your wastewater facilities and projects. Course topics and features will include:
- Wastewater characteristics, terms, regulations
- Headworks, grit removal, flow measurement, screening, primary treatment
- Activated sludge, biological processes, nutrient removal
- Membrane bioreactors (MBRs)
- Effluent disinfection, chlorine, UV, ozone
- Bio-solids treatment, aerobic and anaerobic digestion
- Treatment costs: capital, operating, and maintenance
- Comparison of industrial and municipal treatment
- Treatment plant operations and management
Who Should Attend?
- Wastewater engineers, operators and managers
- Consulting engineers
- Federal agencies and military bases
- Wastewater equipment manufacturers
- Others interested in wastewater treatment
Course Outline
Overview of Wastewater Treatment
- Wastewater characteristics
- Discharge permits, regulations
- Treatment processes and definitions
Headworks and Preliminary/Primary Treatment
- Wastewater flow rates and metering
- Screening, compaction, grit removal
- Primary clarification
Activated Sludge Systems
- Biological treatment principles
- BOD and nutrient removal
- Process configurations
- Final clarification
- Design and operation
- Wet weather management
Other Biological Treatment Processes
- Membrane bioreactors (MBRs)
- Fixed film & hybrid processes
- Recycle treatment
- Wastewater treatment plants of the future
Effluent Disinfection
- Chlorine
- Ultraviolet light
- Ozone
- Typical permit requirements
Solids Treatment, Aerobic Digestion, Anaerobic Digestion
- Typical process trains
- Thickening and dewatering
- Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion – principles and technologies
- Single-stage mesophilic, TPAD, and other approaches
- Pros and cons of different processes
Industrial Treatment Considerations
- Industrial wastewater characteristics
- Treatment options
Wastewater Treatment Costs
- Estimating project capital costs, O&M costs
- Customer charges and rates
- Benchmarks, examples, factors that affect cost
Smaller-scale Plants: Processes and Considerations
- Technology options for smaller plants
- Operating and maintenance considerations
- Economic challenges for local governments
Plant Operations
- Meeting discharge permits
- Standard operating procedures
- Instrumentation and control
- Operations management and troubleshooting
Design Workshop and Exercises
- Participants will examine treatment plant scenarios, perform calculations, identify alternatives, and discuss solutions
Instructors
Jim Fisher
Jim Fisher, P.E., is a senior technologist with 30 years’ experience at Jacobs (formerly CH2M Hill), specializing in treatment processes for municipal wastewater and combined sewer overflow (CSO). He has led numerous phosphorus compliance projects, including those at Madison, Appleton, Waukesha, and others. He has significant experience with process selection; capacity evaluation and design using steady state and dynamic modeling, stress testing, and bench scale testing; detail process and mechanical design; construction inspection; and facility startup and operation.
Alan Grooms
Alan Grooms, PE, is Operations Manager at the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, where he oversees treatment and process control strategies for the 42-MGD Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant. He has more than 20 years of experience in wastewater treatment operations, design, and equipment, and his technical papers have been recognized with the CSWEA Radebaugh Award.
John Siczka
John Siczka, PE, is a global principal and wet weather treatment leader with Jacobs. He has more than 20 years’ experience in project design, planning, treatment technology evaluation, pilot testing, odor control, regulatory review, permit negotiations, and managing environmental operations.
Matt Castillo
Matt Castillo is a wastewater process engineer and project manager at MSA Professional Services. He has 18 years of experience planning and designing municipal wastewater facilities, managing small community projects, troubleshooting process and operational issues, and conducting phosphorus and water reuse filter studies. In 2017, he received the Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal from WEF.
Wastewater Treatment Processes and Technologies
Location: Madison, WI or Live Online
Course #: RA01043-D050
Fee: $1,495
Fee
- $1,495
-
This course has two attendance options, face-to-face or online.
Face-to-face attendance fee includes morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, and course materials.
Online attendance fee includes online instruction and course materials. Online attendees will access course sessions via the Zoom web conferencing platform.
Discounts
When two or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $1420.
When three or more sign up from same employer, your course fee is $1395.
Credits
- CEU: 1.7
- PDH: 17
Schedule
- 11/7/2023 09:00am - 05:00pm CT
- 11/8/2023 09:00am - 05:00pm CT
- 11/9/2023 09:00am - 04:00pm CT
Course Notes
This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) taught course. Your registration is for one teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us before registering if you have any questions.
Registration confirmation will guide students through accessing the Canvas course site.
Students will create and log in to the Canvas course site with a NetID. Course assets such as participation certificates and course evaluations will be available to all students through the Canvas course site.
Online attendees will access course sessions via the Zoom web conferencing platform.
Instructors
Matt Castillo, Jim Fisher, Alan Grooms, John Siczka
Location
Accommodations
Room: rates start at $145
Reserve by: Oct. 19, 2023
Room: rates start at $149
Group Code: Use reservation link below
Topic:
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
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