Training Buffet – 2018: BACWWE Operator Certification Exam Prep Sessions
February 28, 2019
State Water Resource Control Board:
Title: OOC Application Issues
Instructor: Annette Caraway, Chief, Operator Certifications, SWRCB
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Wastewater Treatment Operator Exam Prep Sessions:
Title: An Overview of Disinfection Processes and Operational Considerations
Instructor: Dave Harrold, Maintenance Supervisor, Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District; Trainer and Consultant, Viridian Wastewater Consulting
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Title: An Overview of Primary and Secondary Clarifiers and their Operational Considerations
Instructor: Benjamin Carver, Operations Supervisor for Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District; Certification Exam Trainer at Viridian Wastewater Consulting
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Title: Activated Sludge, the Math and Mechanics of Keeping it Healthy
Instructor: Meryl Abramson, Lead Operator, City of Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility
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Title: An Overview of Anaerobic Digestion – Solids Thickening and Dewatering Technologies
Instructor: Monte Hamamoto, Silicon Valley Clean Water Chief Operating Officer; Adjunct Professor of Water Wastewater Technology at Solano College and Gavilan College
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Water Treatment Operator Prep Classes for Grades 1 – 3:
Title: Water Treatment Introduction, Reservoirs/Plant Intake Structures, Raw Water Quality Management
Title: Pre-Oxidation, Coagulation/Flocculation, Sedimentation, and Solids Removal
Title: Ozonation, Filtration, CT-Disinfection
Title: Corrosion Control, Distribution, and Nitrification, Regulations
Instructor: Daniel Gill, Water Treatment Superintendent, East Bay Municipal Utility District
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Water Distribution Operator Prep Classes for Grades 1 – 3:
Title: Distribution System Regulations
Instructor: Colter Andersen, Production Manager, Zone 7 Water Agency
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Title: Distribution System Flushing and Valve Exercising Program
Instructor: Dan Martin, Water/Wastewater Systems Operations & Maintenance Supervisor, Dublin San Ramon Services District
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Title: Drinking Water Storage Facilities
Instructor: Levi Fuller, Plant Operations Supervisor, Dublin San Ramon Services District
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