Training Outline
Accurate laboratory analyses help water and wastewater operators monitor treatment performance, verify water quality, and make informed operational decisions.
Through step-by-step video demonstrations, this course explains how to collect, preserve, and analyze representative samples while following essential quality assurance and quality control practices.
You’ll learn how to perform common analyses for pH, alkalinity, nutrients, taste and odor, color, turbidity, chlorine, coliforms, settling, percent solids, COD, TSS, and phosphorus. The course also shows you how to interpret results and use laboratory data to support effective water and wastewater treatment.
- Placement test1
Sampling
- Sampling Fundamentals
- Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Preservation of Samples
- Performing a Sample
Chapter test - 2
Drinking Water and Wastewater Analyses
- ph - Probe Method
- Alkalinity - Titration Method
- Nitrites and Nitrates - Colorimetric Method
- Ammonia - Selective Electrode Method
- Ammonia - Nessler Method
- Turbidity - Nephelometric Method
- Jar Test
Chapter test - 3
Drinking Water Analyses
- Chlorine - DPD Reagent Method
- Coliform Test - MPN Method
Chapter test - 4
Wastewater Analyses
- TSS - Filtration and Drying Method
- Settling Test - SV30 & SVI
- Total Solids - Drying Method
- COD - Digestion Method
- Total Phosphorus - Persulfate Digestion Method
Chapter test - 5Chapter test
- 6Chapter test
- 7Chapter test
- 8Chapter test
Learning outcomes
- Apply best practices for collecting water and wastewater samples
- Perform the main water and wastewater analyses using standard procedures
Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Target audience
This course is designed for professional certified water and wastewater operators class I to IV, and laboratory analysts
Learning material and method
Video clips with a placement test, practice exercises, and a handout
Learning assessment method
Chapter tests (MCQs) with a minimum score of 70%
Follow the process, build practical skills
Learn through step-by-step laboratory tutorials that demonstrate how to perform common water and wastewater analyses correctly. Follow each procedure, understand the purpose of every step, and gain confidence interpreting results to support reliable treatment decisions.
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