The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy offered a Drinking Water Treatment Series to drinking water operators and personnel associated with F-Class drinking water treatment plants in the State of Michigan.
Session 1 - Basic Math, Rules and Regulations, and Source Water (Recorded 8/21/23, 2 Hours 12 Minutes)
This session will cover Basic Math, Rules and Regulations and source water. Basic math will cover exponents, areas, volumes, unit conversions, concentrations, logarithms, graphing, flow rates, and example problems. Rules and regulations will cover surface water treatment rules, log removal, interim enhanced surface water treatment rule, filter backwash recycling rule, long term enhanced surface water treatment rules, crypto outbreaks, and bin classifications. Source water will cover ground water, great lakes, inland lakes or impoundments, and rivers.
Session 2 - Coagulation, Mixing, Flocculation, and Sedimentation (Recorded 8/23/23, 3 hours 4 minutes)
This session will cover concepts of coagulation, mixing, flocculation, and sedimentation. Coagulation will cover related regulations, chemical reactions, physical properties, and monitoring performances. Mixing will cover rapid mixing designs, and mixing characteristics. Flocculation will cover conventional treatment, direct filtration, basin designs, solid contact clarifiers and stages. Sedimentation will cover basic concept, conventional basins, optimization, and sludge removal.
Session 3 - Coagulation Dosage Calculations, Disinfection, Fluoridation (Recorded 8/28/23, 3 hours 15 minutes)
Session 7 - Operator Duties and Ethics, Water Storage, and Pumping Systems (Recorded 9/11/23, 2 hours 11 minutes)
This session will cover operator water storage, responsibilities and expectations of an operator, and pumping systems. Water storage will include storage design, Storage for contact time maintenance and preventing contamination.
Session 8 - Corrosion Control (Recorded 9/12/23, 66 minutes)
This session of corrosion control will cover oxidation and reduction, metals, preventing corrosion control, passivation, polyphosphate, LS Index’s, problems, lead and copper rule.