New Training for Drinking Water Operators, Distribution Fundamentals: Water Storage Facilities
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new course, Distribution Fundamentals: Water Storage Facilities. This course has been designed to provide drinking water operators working in water storage facilities with fundamental skills related to equipment, routine maintenance, and legal requirements for secondary disinfection. Through case studies and videos, participants will learn how to safely operate and maintain storage facility equipment. The course will also include an overview of regulatory requirements and an introduction to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
This course is ideal for distribution operators with minimal experience working in water storage facilities. The content may also be of interest to distribution operators looking to improve their skills performing various operational and maintenance activities on equipment used in the distribution system.
Successful participants will receive 0.7 Continuing Education Units.
The first virtual session is scheduled on March 2 and 3, 2021, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The live session will provide opportunities for interaction between the instructor and participants. Participants will require access to a computer with internet connection, a camera and microphone. A course manual will be couriered to each participant prior to the session. The cost to register is $245.00 + HST.
For more information, or to register, please visit wcwc.ca/registration or contact us at 866-515-0550 or training@wcwc.ca.
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Valves
The following links provide information regarding different types of valves found commonly in water applications.
WSO Water Distribution Grades 1 & 2: Valves, Ch. 9
Air Valves
Flow regime identification for air valves failure evaluation in water pipelines using pressure data
Control Valves
New and Exciting Capabilities of Modern Control Valves
Backflow Prevention Devices
Cross Connection and Backflow Prevention
Cross Connection and Backflow Prevention Poster
WSO Water Distribution Grades 1 & 2: Backflow Prevention Devices, Ch. 19
Homeowner Info
Getting to Know Your Main Water Shut-Off Valve
Opening and Closing Valves
How to Collapse a Pipe by Closing a Valve
Repairing Distribution Line Breaks
Valve Chambers
Demystifying Prefabricated Valve Chambers
Wells
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Lead
Children up to six years old are more sensitive to the effects of lead because they are still developing and their small bodies can absorb it more easily than adults. Even small amounts of lead can be harmful to young children, infants and pregnant women (Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, 2020).
The following links provide information regarding lead in drinking water and how to minimize exposure through line replacement, flushing, treatment and sampling programs.
Abstracts
Effectiveness of Prevailing Flush Guidelines to Prevent Exposure to Lead in Tap Water
Community Communication
Communicating about Lead Service Lines
Contaminants in the Water Supply: Lead
Daily cleaning tips to clean your home’s drinking water pipes
Drinking water: What about lead?
How to clean your faucet aerator
How to Identify Lead Free Certification Marks for Drinking Water System & Plumbing Products
How to know if you have a lead water pipe
How to replace your lead pipes
How to test your water for lead
Lead and Drinking Water: Talking with Your Community
Lead in Drinking Water: Fact Sheet
Together, Let’s Get the Lead Out!
Lead Service Line Replacement
Approaches to Lead Service Line Replacement
Collaborating to Replace Lead Service Lines Webinar: Filter Effectiveness
Communicating about Lead Service Lines
Coordinating and Implementing Replacement of Lead Service Lines
Digging Deep – Searching Decades of National Records to Find Lead Service Lines and Goosenecks
Encouraging Customer-Initiated LSL Replacement Webinar: Two Case Studies
Engaging Communities in Planning and Communicating about LSL Replacement Webinar
Equity Considerations in LSL Replacement Programs Webinar
High‐Velocity Household and Service Line Flushing Following LSL Replacement
How to check your water service line material
How to Identify Lead Free Certification Marks for Drinking Water System & Plumbing Products
Identifying Service Line Material
Information for Property Owners about Lead Water Service Line Replacement
Intensive flushing to clean your home’s drinking water pipes following a LSL replacement
Introduction to Lead and Lead Service Line Replacement
Lead in Water and Full Lead Service Line Replacement
Lead Service Line Identification and Replacement: Introduction to the Series
Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Lead Service Line Replacement: Funding
Lead Service Line Replacement: Legal Factors
Lead Service Line Replacement: Outreach Materials
Lead Service Line Replacement: Plan Development
Lead Service Line Replacement Practices
Lead Service Line Replacement: Vital Tips from Leading Utility Managers
Lead Service Lines Frequently Asked Questions
Managing Lead in Drinking Water
Managing Lead in Pipe Scales – Understanding How Water Quality Affects Lead Release
Mapping Lead Service Lines: Charting a Path to Engage a Community Webinar
Mapping Lead Service Line Probability in Small Water Systems
Preparing a Lead Service Line Inventory
Q&A from Lead Service Line Replacement: Vital Tips from Leading Utility Managers
RCAP, Small Water Systems and Lead Service Line Inventories Webinar
Replacing lead service lines at Denver Water
Replacing Lead Service Lines in Early Learning Environments Webinar
Strategies to Obtain Customer Acceptance of Complete Lead Service Line Replacement
Understanding Lead Service Line Replacement Techniques
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
Managing & Minimizing Exposure
3Ts for Child Care Facilities: A Training, Testing and Taking Action Approach
3Ts for Public Water Utilities: A Training, Testing and Taking Action Approach
3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Toolkit
3Ts for Tribal Schools: A Training, Testing and Taking Action Approach
Aggregation of Lead Phosphate Particles: Implication for Lead Removal in Tap Water
Chloride to Sulfate Mass Ratio and Galvanic Connection Changes – Impact on Lead Leaching
Daily cleaning tips to clean your home’s drinking water pipes
Flint, MI Drinking Water Crisis
Flint Water Crisis: Can It Happen in Canada?
Guidance on Controlling Corrosion in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Guide for Small Community Water Suppliers and Local Health Officials on Lead in Drinking Water
How to clean your faucet aerator
Identify and Remove Sources of Lead
Identifying Service Line Material
Intensive flushing to clean your home’s drinking water pipes
Lead and Copper Corrosion: An Overview of WRF Research
Lead and Copper Corrosion Control in New Construction
Lead and Copper Rule Monitoring and Reporting Guidance for Public Water Systems
Lead and Copper Rule Revisions White Paper
Lead in Drinking Water: Homes and Schools
Lead (IV) Oxide Formation and Stability in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Lead Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care Webinar Series – Lead in Drinking Water
Minimize Your Risk of Lead Exposure
Optimal Corrosion Control Treatment Evaluation Technical Recommendations
Poisoned Pipelines: What Can Be Learned from the Catastrophe in Flint, Michigan?
Proposed Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule
Public Health and Industry: Partners In Reducing Lead Exposure
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
When to Make a Corrosion Control Treatment Change
Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water
Contaminants in the Water Supply: Lead
Drinking water: What about lead?
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for Lead
Is there Lead in my Drinking Water? Brochure
Lead in Drinking Water Fact Sheet
Lead in Drinking Water ‐ Frequently Asked Questions
Lead in Drinking Water – NSF Certified Filters
Sources of Lead in Drinking Water
Water Talk – Lead in drinking water
Standards
AWWA C810-17 REPLACEMENT AND FLUSHING OF LEAD SERVICE LINES
INTERNAL CORROSION CONTROL AND LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT DVD
M58 INTERNAL CORROSION CONTROL IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, SECOND EDITION
Testing
Assessing Portable Analyzers for Lead Testing in School Drinking Water
Evaluation of Lead Line Sampling Strategies
Lead Sampling Protocols for School Drinking Water
Testing for Lead In School Drinking Water: A Summary of Sampling Protocols
Disponible en français.
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NESC Fact Sheets
The National Environmental Services Centre (NESC) provides fact sheets in conjunction with the National Drinking Water Clearinghouse and the University of Virginia. These fact sheets can be accessed in this post.
Fact Sheets
Basic water and wastewater formulas
Biofilm control in distribution systems
Cross connection and backflow prevention
Development of low-cost treatment options for arsenic removal in water treatment facilities
Diatomaceous earth filtration for drinking water
Fundamentals of Hydraulics – Flow
Fundamentals of Hydraulics – Pressure
How to begin a fire hydrant operation and maintenance program
How to operate and maintain manganese greensand treatment units
Ion Exchange and Demineralization
Leak detection and water loss control
Oil and gas extraction and source water protection
On-site generation of disinfectants
Point-of-use and point-of-entry systems
Quality control in construction projects
Reading centrifugal pump curves
Repairing distribution line breaks
Simultaneous compliance with drinking water regulations
Treatment technologies for small drinking water systems
Water efficiency and conservation
Water quality in distribution systems
Water treatment plant residuals management
Well maintenance and groundwater protection
Posters
Cross connection and backflow prevention
Disponible en français.
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