Course Details
Course Details
Course ID
3718
Course Name
Laboratory Practices: Nitrogen - Ammonia
Contact Hours
1.0
Approved Industry
Wastewater
Partner Name
CEU Plan
Primary Contact
Bill Edgar
wwedgar@ceuplan.org
352-754-1259 Ext.
Website
Description
Certain forms of nitrogen (nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and organic nitrogen) are of great concern at a wastewater treatment plant. The presence of this nutrient affects the efficiency of the treatment process and the impact of the plant effluent on the receiving stream. This course is designed to teach an analyst how to determine the concentration of ammonia nitrogen using the ion-selective electrode (ISE) method. It covers method selection, sampling information, documentation, the preliminary distillation step, and calibration standard preparation. A detailed, step-by-step Standard Operating Procedure is presented, and there is also information on quality control, interferences, and troubleshooting. The course concludes with a look at the files of the fictitious Ernieville Water and Sewer Authority and some very real problems its analysts faced when analyzing samples for ammonia nitrogen.
Course Level
Basic thru Intermediate
Course Content
* Reviewing lab procedures was helpful in operating my lab. Looking at standards, solutions and pH was very good information that is used in the lab. The discussion of standards and their use was helpful.
* ammonia samples.
* ammonia samples.
*by-step Standard Operating Procedure, and contains information on quality control, interferences, and troubleshooting for testing of nitrogen - ammonia samples
Target Audience
Wastewater Treatment, Collection System, Laboratory Analyst, licensing operators, trainees, supervisors and management.
Training Format
Virtual Asynchronous