Course Details
Course Details
Course ID
220
Course Name
Basic Chemistry: Water Purification
Contact Hours
2.0
Approved Industry
Drinking Water and Wastewater
Partner Name
CEU Plan
Primary Contact
Bill Edgar
wwedgar@ceuplan.org
352-754-1259 Ext.
Website
Description
Water is fundamental to life on this planet. It has been estimated that humans can live for nearly thirty days without food but a person will die within ten days without water. Water covers about 70% of the earth but unfortunately, more than 97% of that water is salt water an cannot be tolerated by humans. Of the remainder, most is frozen and therefore not accessible; less than 0.01% of the water on earth is available and potable. The World Health Organization and Federal and Sat4e regulators have set many guidelines for the purity of the water that humans can tolerate. There are mnay different techniques that may be used to purify water including filtration, clarification, distillation, ion exchange, and membrane separations. In this course, we will discuss the basics of each. Advanced concepts and engineering principles are discussed in the ten-hour Water Purification techniques course by the same author.
Course Level
Basic thru Advanced
Course Content
Content includes: Basic concepts of water treatment; various techniques in water treatment including filtration, ion exchange, clarification, and membrane separation.
Target Audience
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
Training Format
Virtual Asynchronous