Water Treatment Plants
This online engineering PDH course examines the principles, design criteria, and operational considerations associated with drinking water treatment plants.
This course focuses on drinking water treatment plants, which are engineered systems designed to convert raw water from surface and groundwater sources into potable water that meets established public health and regulatory standards.
In addition, this course explores how raw water quality varies spatially and temporally due to natural conditions, seasonal effects, and human activities, requiring treatment processes that are appropriately selected and designed to address physical, chemical, and microbiological contaminants.
This course covers the design and operation of water treatment plants that are governed by fundamental engineering principles, regulatory requirements, and operational constraints, with treatment objectives typically achieved through a multiple-barrier approach that combines physical removal and disinfection processes. It also emphasizes practical application, regulatory compliance, and performance under variable operating conditions.
This 9 PDH online course is applicable to chemical engineers, as well as other technical professionals who are interested in learning more about water treatment plants.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the comprehensive, system-level understanding of drinking water treatment plants, from source water characterization to treated water delivery
- Learning how to integrate theory, design practice, and operational considerations, emphasizing real-world constraints and engineering judgment
- Understanding all major unit processes, including intake structures, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and sludge handling
- Emphasizing regulatory compliance and public health protection, aligned with WHO Guidelines, AWWA manuals, and U.S. EPA drinking water regulations
- Understanding how to develop proficiency in process selection, design criteria, and capacity planning under varying raw water quality and demand conditions
- Explaining worked numerical examples, case studies, and schematic diagrams to reinforce applied learning
- Highlighting sustainability, resilience, and operational reliability, including redundancy, flexibility, and safety considerations
- Explaining professional practice in consulting, utilities, and regulatory agencies involved in water supply systems
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, “Water Treatment Plants”, which is prepared by Najib Nicolas Gerges, Ph.D., P.E.
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