Wastewater Treatment

Why You Should Attend?

Wastewater is a community’s spent water. It contains contaminants such as suspended solids, biodegradable dissolved organic compounds, inorganic solids, nutrients, metals and pathogenic microorganisms. These contaminants can be a source of pollution to the environment or a resource for various purposes. The traditional aim of wastewater treatment is to enable it to be disposed safely without being a danger to public health and without polluting watercourses or causing other nuisance. When it is looked at as a resource, its treatment can aim to recover energy, nutrients, water and other valuable resources from it. However, for wastewater to be recycled, it needs to be treated first

to ensure that its quality is fit for the designated uses, such as irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing, ground water recharge etc.

This course aims to discuss the various treatment technologies and their design for producing reuse quality water from wastewater. The course will largely cover topics including the basic philosophy of wastewater treatment, principles of various wastewater treatment units, conventional treatment systems and advanced treatment processes. Various techniques for sampling, analyzing and monitoring the operation and maintenance of the treatment units will be discussed in detail. The process for development of wastewater operation and maintenance manual and wastewater risk abatement plan will be discussed. Participants will have instilled in them comprehensive knowledge and understanding on design and operation and maintenance of common and evolving technologies for water reclamation and reuse.

Who Should Attend?

The course will be beneficial for plant operators of all classes, design engineers, technical managers or directors and professionals involved with wastewater management. Regulators and policy makers are strongly encouraged to consider taking advantage of this unique application orientated course. 

What You Will Receive 

Course notes/handout (electronic copy).