Primer for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems
This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of the need for and characteristics of municipal wastewater treatment systems. Various types of pollutants are described. Primary, secondary, and advanced treatment processes are discussed. Issues of disposal of wastewater residuals and biosolids are presented. The discussion is extended to decentralized systems as well. Technical terms are clearly defined and explained.
This 3 PDH online course is intended for civil, mechanical, and construction engineers who need a basic overview of municipal wastewater treatment systems.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the Clean Water Act requirements for wastewater treatment
- Understanding the need for wastewater treatment
- Learning about centralized collection
- Familiarizing with the types of pollutants
- Learning about the advanced methods of primary and secondary treatment
- Learning about disinfection through the use of chlorine, ozone and ultraviolet radiation
- Learning about the use or disposal of wastewater residuals and biosolids
- Understanding the management of onsite/decentralized wastewater systems
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publication titled, "Primer for Municipal Wastewater Treatment System", EPA 832-R-04-001, dated September 2004.
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