Drinking Water Standards and Training Materials - Free to Download
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Drinking Water Standards and Training Materials - Free to Download
Drinking Water Standards and Training Materials - Free to Download
If you are looking for a job or career in the water treatment, water pre-treatment or drinking water industry, such as for a POTW (publicly -owned drink water) company, then you'll need these free training materials, developed by the EPA, to help you pass the examinations to get a water operator's license!
These materials were developed for the EPA's Drinking Water Academy's Electronic Workshop. They contain three types of information:
- Training modules
- Short presentations
- Links to other information sources
The self-paced training modules give a broad introduction to the many facets of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Although live training courses are the best training experience,
DWA's limited budget can only support a small number of classes each year. Through the Internet, the DWA can reach many more people with SDWA information based on our training courses.
State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff can access the training modules at any time. They can view them on-line or download them for later review. In addition, water system operators, college students, professors, and others in the drinking water community have the same access to these materials. The DWA invites all interested parties to freely use these DWA materials. With few exceptions (e.g., copyrighted graphics we have reproduced only with permission) DWA modules are in the public domain and may be downloaded, reproduced, and modified for your own use.
The short presentations are intended primarily for the use of Federal and State regulatory staff. These presentations provide a quick overview of proposed and final rules. They can be used as a starting point for preparing briefings or other information materials.
Finally, the Workshop provides links to other pages in OGWDW's Web site where you can obtain regulatory and implementation information.
The training materials and presentations are in PowerPoint® (PPT) and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (You can download free viewers for these files at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx and http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html , respectively.) (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)
Topic Areas:
- National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
- Public Water System Operation
- Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Source Water Protection (SWP) Program
- Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program
- General Interest
Training Modules, Presentations, and Other Information
The training materials and presentations are in PowerPoint® (PPT) and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. You can download free viewers for these files:
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
(From Jan. 2003 Satellite Training)
Public Water System Operation
(January 2006 Webcast)
Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program
Safe Drinking Water Act
Source Water Protection (SWP) Program
( Practices Bulletins )
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program
Part 1:
Part 2:
Introduction to UIC Permitting (PDF) (229 pp, 4.11 MB)
Pressure Fall-off Testing Guideline (PDF) (29 pp, 599K)
General Interest
When using these slides, please credit the source where indicated.
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