Water Plant Certification
Operator certification program information.
Water plant certification. Florida statutes require anyone who operates a drinking water treatment plant domestic wastewater treatment plant andor water distribution system must be licensed by dep. There are five levels of operator certification grades i v. Wastewater treatment plants wwtps serve an essential function to protect public health and the environment including washingtons rivers lakes streams and puget sound. To qualify for licensure an applicant must meet minimum educational and work experience requirements for each class of license.
Approved water operator. The new regulations also established a water distribution operator certification program. Water and wastewater treatment is a complex process. On january 1 2001 new state regulations were adopted to comply with these guidelines and the existing water treatment operator certification program was modified accordingly.
This program became the drinking water operator certification program dwocp. Classification and certification of community and nontransient noncommunity water system operators. Recent statistics show that an additional 7000 water and wastewater operators will be needed over the next decade. Environmental careers water wastewater operators.
Awwas water equation matches funds raised at the section level to provide books tuition training education and certification to operators at water and wastewater treatment plants. List of new york state certified water operators. Operator certification program information sheet. The certification of wastewater treatment plant operators helps ensure they are knowledgeable and that wwtps are properly operated and maintained.
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators need long term on the job training to become fully qualified.