Drinking Water Operators Information

NDWC Tech Briefs - Free for downloading, our fact sheets provide concise, technical information about a drinking water treatment technology and issues relevant to small systems.Tech Briefs are written for drinking water professionals, particularly small system operators. Tables and descriptive illustrations are provided, as well as sources for more information. They are free to download and included in On Tap magazine. If you have a technical question contact us at (800) 624-8301 or e-mail info@mail.nesc.wvu.edu.

NDWC Ask the Experts - Q & A's Online - Experts answer tough drinking water questions about a variety of subjects. Download them free!

Interactive Sampling Guide for Drinking Water System Operators - This interactive CD-Rom and web site is part of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ongoing public drinking water sustainable infrastructure efforts.

Drinking Water Operator Certification Guidelines - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidelines for certification and recertification of community and noncommunity public water system operators. The Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 require EPA, in cooperation with states, to publish guidelines specifying minimum standards for certification and recertification.

Free Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Rule Wizard - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed this on-line application to enable you to determine the federal monitoring requirements for public drinking water systems. It provides a comprehensive list of all of the federal monitoring requirements for a general category of systems. For example, you can use it to review the federal monitoring requirements for a community water system serving 3,300 people using ground water as a source of supply.

Small Systems Information and Guidance: STEP - Simple Tools for Effective Performance The EPA has developed a series of tools to help owners and operators of small systems manage their systems and meet regulatory requirements.

Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT) - This secure, on-line database that provides current, reliable information on chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants of concern for water security. Access to this password-protected tool will be granted to personnel from drinking water and wastewater utilities, State Primacy (primary enforcement) Agencies, federal officials (including government laboratory personnel), and water associations.This tool was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Contamination Explorer: Technical Assistance for Small Water Systems - Intended for operators and junior-level regulatory officials, focuses on contamination issues for public drinking water systems. Biological sources of contamination are highlighted, with a primary emphasis on ways that operators can avoid introducing contamination into their systems. Realistic 3D animation allows the user to fully understand complex microscopic issues relating to system contamination.
Total training time: 2.5 hours

Small Utility Board Training - This session is designed to help water board members and elected officials understand the basic principles of public water system regulation, operation, planning, budgeting and communication.
Videos, animations and interactive documents provide new board members with valuable tools and experience to hit the ground running.
Total training time: Over 3 hours

Stormwater Control: Implementing Construction Site BMPs - Designed to help contractors know when and how to implement, manage and maintain BMPs. Best Management Practices (BMPs) are widely used for stormwater management on construction sites larger than one acre. Effective control of sediment at disturbed sites is often compromised by both the limited number of BMPs available to the contractor and limited installation experience. Though the program focuses on the Northern Rockies, it's still usefull for to operators in other regions.

More Free Downloads from The Montana Water Center

Operator Basics - The download includes three courses: Ground Water, Surface Water, and Wastewater Lagoon Systems. Each course is designed to prepare operators of small public water systems for certification. It also features a "Water Exploration" showcase. Certified operators may use this training to meet continuing education requirements if approved.

Sanitary Survey Fundamentals - This prep course is targeted toward new field staff responsible for inspection and evaluation of small water systems for sanitary risks and compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. This is a good preparation tool to use before attending an advanced workshop.

Point-Of-Use Reverse Osmosis (POU-RO) - This tool is meat to familiarize engineers and other water treatment professionals with the use of centrally managed, point-of-use reverse osmosis systems in order to comply with the arsenic drinking water regulations..

Microbial Risk Assessment Tool - This user-friendly computational tool helps small water systems assess (by component) their vulnerability to microbial contamination. The project goal is to foster technical and managerial capacity in small water systems drawing from springs, wells, surface waters or any combination of sources.

More Training Tools and Guides for Water Professionals

Water Loss Calculator - The Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality of Western Kentucky University offers a free copy of their Water Loss Calculator 3.0. This stand-alone program allows you to save and print off your monthly report, calculating the money loss, and graphically represents your saved data.

Small System Compliance Technology List For The Surface Water Treatment Rule - This guidance document presented by the EPA supports the Federal Register Notice (FRN) announcing the list of small system compliance treatment technologies for the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR).

Virginia Center for Very Small Waterworks Training Tools - Download the Class VI Operators' Training Manual, order the Groundwater Operator Basics Training CDrom for free, order the free Very Small Water Systems Operators' Guidebook to Preparing for Certification booklet, and get even more free online training materials.

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