RTW Engineering - SAMPLING & ANALYSIS FOR PROCESS CONTROL course

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SAMPLING & ANALYSIS FOR PROCESS CONTROL course

Designed for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Responsible for Their Own Laboratory Analysis

Sampling & Analysis for Process Control is a three day hands-on course that details the collection and analyzing of wastewater for process control and NPDES permitting. It is intended to help those operators who are responsible for both WWTP operations and laboratory analyses in their day-to-day duties. Process control decisions are only as good as the data they are based upon. NPDES reporting depends on accurate, legally defensible laboratory results. This course covers representative sampling, laboratory quality control, and lots of hands on analysis time. Each participant will have the opportunity to analyze actual wastewater samples and certified standards for:

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
Total Solids (TS)
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Alkalinity
Hardness
Fecal Coliforms (Membrane Filtration Method)
Ortho-Phosphate

Additional laboratory analyses that will be discussed include chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. The course also looks at how to effectively apply laboratory data once it has been obtained and the relationships between different parameters. Specific examples include: calculating solids and nitrogen mass balances, estimating sludge yield, calculation of wasting rates, MCRT, and the F:M ratio. Lastly, the potential impacts of recycle streams are discussed. For example, how to calculate the new influent ammonia concentration and subsequent oxygen demand in the aeration basins when anaerobic digester supernatant is returned to a plant's headworks. We will test our skills at the end of each day by dividing into competitive teams for "Lab Jeopardy!".

Who Should Attend?
Industrial and municipal wastewater professionals involved in plant operation and process control.

Laboratory Personnel
Persons in Charge of Process Control
Operators Who Run Their Own Samples
Persons preparing for Class A or B Operator Certification

An Added Bonus
Each attendee will be given the opportunity to bring samples from their own facility and evaluate these samples themselves with instructor guidance. Once your registration is confirmed, you will be given detailed instructions to bring your samples to the class. Please call 303-825-5999 with any questions.

Schedule/Dates
Sampling & Analysis for Process Control is not currently being offered in 2007. For more information, please Contact Us now, or email rtw.training@tetratech.com

Cancellations
Canceled course registrations will be fully refunded less a $25.00 handling fee until two weeks prior to the course. No refunds will be available less than two weeks prior to the course. Substitutions may be made at any time. Tetra Tech RTW reserves the right to cancel the course at anytime.

CEU Credit
A certificate for approximately 22 contact hours of attendance will be issued to each person after completion of the course. These contact hours may be submitted to your individual accreditation agency for CEU credits. Please see enclosed registration form regardingindividual class credits.

For more information, contact Tetra Tech RTW at: 303-825-5999 or rtw.training@tetratech.com.

View the SAMPLING & ANALYSIS FOR PROCESS CONTROL course brochure in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.