What is a Drinking Water Operator? - LearnH2O

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Drinking Water Operator Introduction 3 Topics

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Series Topics and Sequencing

The Pennsylvania Drinking Water Operator

Study Skills 5 Topics

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Trainer-Led Study Skills

Self-Study Skills

After Each Session

Studying is Not Fun

Duties of a Drinking Water Operator 12 Topics

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Water Treatment and Distribution

Some of the typical duties of the operator include:

Additional duties include:

Operators also perform duties such as:

Job Opportunities

Who Will Hire You

Work Conditions and Hours

Responsibility and Ethics

Is It Safe To Drink?

Example Code of Ethics

Care of Infrastructure

Drinking Water Operator Certification 15 Topics

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Pennsylvania DEP

Operator Certification

Experience Requirements

Types of Experience

Types of Activities for Qualifying Experience

Examination Requirements

Drinking Water Examinations

Examination Time Frame

Applying for certification

Continuing Education

Monitoring Continuing Education

Certified Operator Responsibilities

Regulations 22 Topics

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Federal DW Regulations

Safe Drinking Water Act

Water Contaminants

Quality Drinking Water

Relevant Regulation Terminology

Relevant Regulations from USEPA

Groundwater Rule

Lead and Copper Rule

Surface Water Treatment Rule

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

Stage 1 Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct Rule

Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Radionuclide Rule

Filter Backwash Recycling Rule

Total Coliform Rule

Revised Total Coliform Rule

PA has enacted some drinking water regulations that are specific to PA.

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Monitoring and Reporting 24 Topics

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Self–monitoring

Compliance-monitoring

Sample Collection

Collection Guidelines

Collection Equipment

Key Regulated Contaminants

Inorganic Chemicals

Volatile Organic Chemicals and Synthetic Organic Chemicals

Nitrate/Nitrite

Disinfection Byproducts

Turbidity (Conventional or Direct Filtration)

Disinfectant Residual

Lead and Copper

Tier 1 and Tier 2 Definitions

Tier 1 Acute Violations or Situations

Tier 2 Non-Acute Violations

Tier 3 Violations

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Basic Math Review 11 Topics

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Order of Operations (PEMDAS)

Rounding Numbers

Solving for the Unknown

Dimensional Analysis in Problem Solving

Unit cancellation steps: