WCWC How-To Videos
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has created instructional videos to provide guidance to operators and trained persons.
This series demonstrates how to analyze different water quality parameters. These videos are intended as a reference only and it is recommended to always follow the manufacturer’s directions for the equipment you are using.
The full how-to playlist can be accessed below:
Water Quality Analysis Videos
- Ammonia, Total
- Colour, True and Apparent
- Colour, True
- Colour, Apparent
- Free chlorine residual
- Microcystin-LR equivalence using ELISA
- Monochloramine and free ammonia
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- pH and temperature
- Total and dissolved organic carbon (TOC/DOC)
- Total chlorine residual
- Turbidity
- UV absorbance and transmittance
Nitrification Monitoring Water Quality Analysis
- How to monitor nitrification in the field
- Monitoring nitrification parameters: PPA vs. spectrophotometer analysis
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Natural Organic Matter and Disinfection By-Products
The following links provide information on natural organic matter (NOM) and the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) when a chlorine-based disinfectant is introduced in drinking water. Information on treatment strategies to reduce both NOM and DBPs are included in this post.
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Abstracts & Articles
- Advanced Water Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Natural and Synthetic Organic Contaminants
- Chlorination Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water
- Control and Prevention of Disinfection By-Product Formation Through Source Water Monitoring Using Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Demand (peCOD)
- Control Of Chlorinated Disinfection By-Products (DBPs): Pilot Testing Experiences In Two Ontario First Nations Communities
- Drivers of Disinfection Byproduct Cytotoxicity in U.S. Drinking Water: Should Other DBPs Be Considered for Regulation?
- Formation and removal of ozonation by-products in drinking water biofilters
- Trihalomethanes: Concentrations, Cancer Risks, and Regulations
Fact Sheets & Technical Bulletins
- Disinfection Byproducts
- Organic Removal
- Trihalomethane and haloacetic acid sampling and reporting requirements technical bulletin
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) & Groundwater
- Water Treatment and Disinfection By-Product Formation
Guides
Pilot Testing Project Reports
- Conventional and Dissolved Air Flotation Jar Testing
- Conventional Treatment Optimization for Big Grassy First Nation
- Decentralized Pilot Testing for Wauzhushk Onigum Nation
- Effect of Fixed Bed Ion Exchange Process in Addition to Enhanced Coagulation on the Reduction of High Levels of Organics
- Optimization of Conventional Treatment Processes for Residual Aluminum Control
- Reduction of Iron and Manganese Using Conventional Treatment and Greensand Filtration
- Taste and Odour Control Strategies with Advanced Oxidation Processes and Granular Activated Carbon for the Tay Area Water Treatment Plant
- Ultrafiltration and Granular Activated Carbon Pilot Testing with the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
Pilot Testing Project Summaries
- Conventional and Dissolved Air Flotation Jar Testing
- Conventional Treatment Optimization for Big Grassy First Nation
- Decentralized Pilot Testing for Wauzhushk Onigum Nation
- Pilot Testing with Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
- Pilot Testing with Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
- Pilot Testing with the Township of Tay to Reduce Taste and Odour
Presentations
- Assessing Post-Treatment Aeration Variables to Reduce Disinfection Byproducts(THMs) for Small Systems
- Minimizing DBPs With Multiple Disinfectant Barriers to Achieve Multiple Objectives
- Pilot Testing of Selected Technologies for the Removal of Natural Organic Matter for A First Nation Water Treatment Plant
- Pilot Testing Services and a Case Study to Reduce Organics
- Reducing Disinfection By-Products in Small Drinking Water Systems
- Using Fixed Bed Ion Exchange Process to Enhance the Reduction of Organics
Testing
- How-to filter a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze true and apparent colour of a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze UV absorbance and transmittance in a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze total and dissolved organic carbon (TOC/DOC)
Webinars
- Advances in PAC Adsorption for DBP Precursor and Micropollutant Removal
- Localized Treatment for Disinfection By-Products
- Reducing Volatile DBPs in Treated Drinking Water Using Aeration Technologies
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Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water Course Resources
List of Laboratories Licensed to Perform Drinking Water Testing in Ontario
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Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators (ELCDWO).
Supporting Documents
Videos
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Read MoreSmall System Fundamentals Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Small System Fundamentals course.
- Notice of Adverse Test Results and Issue Resolution (Schedule 16)
- WCWC Fact Sheet: Absolute vs. Nominal Filter Ratings
Videos
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Read MoreBasics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319) Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Basics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319) course.
Supporting Documents
- WCWC fact sheet: Absolute vs. nominal filter ratings
- Responding to Adverse Events Fact Sheet
- Sample Directive
- Sample Log Book Sheet
Videos
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Basics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O.Reg. 319/08) – CEU: 0.7
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Read MoreAdvanced for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319) Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Advanced for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319) course.
Supporting Documents
- WCWC fact sheet: Absolute vs. nominal filter ratings
- WCWC fact sheet: Small Drinking Water Systems and Blue-Green Algae Toxins
- Responding to Adverse Events Fact Sheet
- Sample Directive
- Sample Log Book Sheet
- Sample Water Well Record
Videos
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Advanced for Small Drinking Water Systems (O.Reg 319/08) – CEU: 0.7
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Read MoreManaging Algae in Drinking Water Systems Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Managing Algae in Drinking Water Systems course.
Supporting Documents
- Algae Identification field guide
- Algae identification lab guide
- Easy identification of the most common freshwater algae
- Information about Blue-Green Algae: Background, potential impacts to human health and safety of drinking water
- Information about Blue-Green Algae: Information for drinking water system owners and operators
- The Ministry’s 12 Point Action Plan: Blue-Green Algal Blooms and OD Response Procedure
- Algae Blooms in Ontario’s Lakes: Analyzing the Trends
- A Water Utility Manager’s Guide to Cyanotoxins
Videos
- Plankton nets
- Real time monitoring
- Monitoring cyanotoxins
- How-to use a microscope
- Under the microscope: diatoms on the move
- How-to analyze cyanotoxins using the Microcystin-LR equivalents ELISA method
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Read MoreNatural Organic Matter in Drinking Water Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in Drinking Water: Characteristics, Challenges and Control course.
Videos
- How-to filter a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze true and apparent colour of a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze UV absorbance and transmittance in a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze total and dissolved organic carbon (TOC/DOC)
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Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water: Characteristics, Challenges and Control – CEU: 0.7
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Read MoreWater Instabilities in Distribution Systems Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Water Instabilities in Distribution Systems course.
Videos
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Water Instabilities in Distribution Systems (3 hour) – CEU: 0.3
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Read MoreAttaining Water Quality Compliance Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Attaining Water Quality Compliance course.
Supporting Documents
- O. Reg. 169/03: Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards
- Notice of Adverse Test Results and Issue Resolution (Schedule 16)
Videos
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