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Water and Wastewater Microbiology Workshop

6.0

Drinking Water and Wastewater

Pennsylvania Association of Accredited Environmental Laboratories

Aaren Alger

office@paael.org

7178560744 Ext.

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Participants will come away with a better understanding of how to perform water and waste water microbiology methods. They will have confidence in their procedures, quality control activities and feel secure that the data they report is defensible. The course will: > Review Chapter 252 / NELAC requirements > Provide guidance on internal quality control requirements > Review PT Performance requirements and procedures > Provide SOPs and quality control forms for each test method to use as guidance > Review method specific calculations

Intermediate

8:00 - 4:00 Water & Wastewater Microbiology, By Marcy Bolek, Alloway 8:00: Registration 30 minute - Introduction to Water & Wastewater Microbiology > Types of microbes > Problems with microbial contamination 10 minutes - Laboratory Accreditation > Who does it affect and why > Types > Chapter 252 > Accreditation-by-rule > NELAP equivalency 40 minutes - Laboratory Standards for Accreditation > Laboratory supervisors > Personnel > Facilities > Equipment > Methodology 10 minutes - Recordkeeping and Reporting > What records need to be kept > What type of information should be included > How long records should be kept > What information has to be reported to the DEP 15 minutes - BREAK 120 minutes - Standard Methods for Microbial Analyses > Sample collection and handling > Fecal coliform (SM 9221 E) > Fecal coliform (SM 9222 D) > E. coli (SM 9223) > Problem Sets Included in this sec

Who Should Attend - All operators, laboratory analysts, managers, and superintendents working in the water and wastewater industries could benefit from this refresher course. Emphasis is placed on potable and non-potable fecal coliform analyses by membrane filter SM 9222D and MPN SM 9221E and E. coli by SM 9223B Colilert.

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