Operation and Maintenance: Water Supply Systems
Course Outline
This online course
provides technical guidance for operating and maintaining water supplies, treatment
plants, storage facilities, and distribution systems. The contents cover water
sources, unit processes of water treatment, pumping, distribution and storage,
valves and hydrants, meters,
instrumentation and control, cross-connection control and backflow prevention,
general maintenance, swimming pool operation, and safety and health. The course
materials are based entirely on the US military Unified Facilities Criteria
(UFC 3-230-02): Operation and Maintenance: Water Supply Systems. This course
includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the
understanding of course materials.
Learning
Objectives
At
the conclusion of this course, the student will:
Course Content
The purpose of
this course is to provide technical guidance for operating and maintaining water
supplies, treatment plants, storage facilities, and distribution systems. You
are required to study the following US military Unified Facilities Criteria:
UFC 3-230-02: Operation and Maintenance: Water Supply Systems (2001 edition, 323
pages, PDF file format, 2.8 MB).
Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, download or print the document
for your study. Because of the large file size, we recommend that you first save the file to your computer by right clicking the mouse and choosing "Save Target As ...", and then open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
You may need
to download Acrobat Reader to view and print the document. Related Links
For
additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following
websites or web pages:
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) - Water Supply and Treatment
US EPA: Where Does My Drinking Water Come From?
Water and Wastewater.Com
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
