#4015 - Treatment of Metal Wastestreams

4.5 Wastewater Credits/6 Months (time to complete)

Scope:  This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining treatment plants that receive wastewater from electroplating, metal finishing, and printed circuit board manufacturing facilities. Information is presented on the need for treatment of metal wastestreams, sources of wastewater, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and employee right-to-know laws. Operators learn to operate and maintain the equipment and processes used to treat metal wastestreams and how to treat and dispose of sludges produced by the treatment processes. This course focuses on actual operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting procedures, with particular emphasis on safety. Operators also learn to solve arithmetic problems needed to operate treatment processes for metal wastestreams.

Contents:

1.  Need for Treatment
2.  Sources of Wastewater
3.  Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
4.  Employee Right-To-Know Laws
5.  Methods of Treatment
6.  Advanced Technologies
7.  Sludge Treatment and Disposal
8.  Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

TEXTBOOK:   Treatment of Metal Wastestreams, Third Edition, 2003  INCLUDED

ABOUT HOME-STUDY COURSES: Each lesson is arranged for you to read a short section, write the answers to the questions at the end of the section, check your answers against suggested answers. At the end of each chapter, you must submit your answers to Illinois Section AWWA for grading. You may fax, email, or mail your answers. Answer sheets will not be returned.    Once you have completed all exams,  your credit hours will be added to your record.