Education and Training

Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...

WASTEWATER By Rick LallishWhere can an operator look to find specific laboratory procedures and the proper compliance for those procedures?A. NPDES permitB. Wastewater textbooks, such...

After four years of work, the Advanced Water Treatment Operator (AWTO) certification program is now complete and launched by the California-Nevada Section...

Grit is a nuisance material that causes abrasive wear to equipment, increasing maintenance and operational costs while reducing equipment performance and useful...

A Danish wastewater treatment facility was faced with increasing chemical costs to reduce phosphorus levels in their discharge, and its existing real-time...

Entry 243305Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

Some facilities discharge wastewater at concentrations far above (i.e., stronger than) typical residential wastewater. If the systems receiving this wastewater are sized...

WASTEWATERBy Rick LallishWhich of the following pumps would be the least effective for pumping heavy sludges?A. Progressing cavityB. Rotary lobeC. CentrifugalD. DiaphragmAnswer: C. Progressive cavity pumps...

Entry 243341Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

Entry 243358Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

Proper process flow meter sizing and installation is required to maintain the manufacturers flowmeter accuracy specifications. This course will provide a review...

We are sailing in uncharted waters. But we also have to continue the job we've been doing well for decades. Resilience is...

Life Cycle Cost, or LCC, analysis is a tool allowing utility owners to make sound project decisions, considering both capital and operating...

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WASTEWATERBy Rick LallishWhat is the correct way to express the organic loading rate on a trickling filter?A. Pounds of BOD per square foot...

The Great Lakes Water Authority’s three apprenticeship programs in Michigan are helping to resist the wave of retirements sweeping the industry.The initiative...

Entry 243378Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...