Water Valve Operation & Maintenance – CEU: 0.7

This course prepares water system operators, both novice and experienced, to correctly operate a variety of valves common to typical water systems.

Areas of study include:

– Benefits of proper exercising of water valves
– Essential valve information required prior to exercising
– Commonly encountered valve operational deficiencies
– Corrosion processes that affect valve condition
– Common causes of water valve failure
– Comparison of older gate valves with modern valve technology
– Detailed description of operation of a typical gate valve ‘system’
– Definition of water hammer
– Gate valve evolution
– Introduction to gear-activated large diameter valves
– Butterfly valve technology
– Air Valves
– Air management in water systems
– Air valve inspection procedure
– Introduction to Pressure Reducing Valves

Target AudienceMunicipal water utility field staff, supervisors, managers, contractors, water utility construction inspectors, private water system authorities, and water system design personnel.