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Water and Wastewater Treatment Course

Name: Water and Wastewater Treatment Course
Price: 8940 PKR

Master every stage of drinking water and wastewater treatment, from source water characterization to effluent reuse and resource recovery. This course delivers the technical depth and practical skills that water and wastewater professionals need to design, operate, and optimize treatment systems. Whether you work in plant operations, engineering, or environmental compliance, you will finish ready to meet real-world challenges.

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What you will learn:

This course covers the full treatment spectrum, starting with water quality parameters, contaminant categories, and regulatory frameworks. You will work through drinking water processes including coagulation, filtration, and disinfection, then move into biological wastewater treatment, nutrient removal, and solids management. Advanced topics include tertiary polishing, water reuse applications, energy efficiency, and resource recovery from biosolids. You will also build operational skills in process monitoring, chemical feed systems, instrumentation, and SCADA. By the end, you will have the knowledge to manage a treatment facility and satisfy permit requirements.

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Course content

8 Chapters • 39 LessonsDuration between 4 and 360 hours (you decide)

Chapter 1See details

Foundations of Water and Wastewater Systems

Lesson 1 • Overview of Treatment Train Concepts
Explains the sequential unit-process approach used in both drinking water and wastewater facilities. Sets the framework for all subsequent technical chapters.
Lesson 2 • The Hydrological Cycle and Water Sources
Covers precipitation, surface water, groundwater, and their roles as raw water supplies. Connects natural water movement to treatment system design.
Lesson 3 • Contaminant Categories and Health Risks
Classifies pathogens, heavy metals, nutrients, and emerging contaminants by risk level. Links contamination type to appropriate treatment selection.
Lesson 4 • Water Quality Parameters and Standards
Introduces physical, chemical, and biological parameters used to assess water quality. Provides the measurement vocabulary used throughout the course.
Lesson 5 • Regulatory and Institutional Framework
Describes how public health agencies set treatment requirements and enforce compliance. Prepares learners to interpret permit conditions and environmental monitoring obligations.

Chapter 2See details

Drinking Water Treatment Processes

Lesson 1 • Disinfection Methods and Byproducts
Compares chlorination, UV, ozone, and chloramines for pathogen inactivation and residual maintenance. Addresses disinfection byproduct formation and control strategies.
Lesson 2 • Sedimentation and Clarification
Covers gravity settling theory and clarifier design for removing floc and suspended solids. Builds on coagulation outcomes to achieve turbidity reduction targets.
Lesson 3 • Advanced Treatment for Specific Contaminants
Addresses ion exchange, activated carbon, and reverse osmosis for removing dissolved contaminants not addressed by conventional processes.
Lesson 4 • Filtration Technologies
Examines rapid sand, dual-media, and membrane filtration for particle and pathogen removal. Connects filter performance to downstream disinfection requirements.
Lesson 5 • Coagulation and Flocculation
Teaches the chemistry of destabilizing suspended particles and aggregating them into settleable floc. Directly precedes sedimentation and filtration in the treatment train.

Chapter 3See details

Wastewater Characterization and Preliminary Treatment

Lesson 1 • Primary Sedimentation
Explains gravity settling of suspended solids in primary clarifiers to reduce organic load on biological processes. Links removal efficiency to downstream BOD loading.
Lesson 2 • Wastewater Sources and Flow Characterization
Identifies municipal, industrial, and stormwater contributions to wastewater flow. Establishes load calculations used in facility design and permitting.
Lesson 3 • Screening and Grit Removal
Covers coarse and fine screening plus grit chamber design to remove solids that damage pumps and clog pipes. Introduces the first physical treatment step.
Lesson 4 • Flow Measurement and Equalization
Teaches flow metering methods and equalisation basin design to dampen hydraulic and load variability. Protects biological treatment from shock loads.

Chapter 4See details

Biological Wastewater Treatment

Lesson 1 • Microbiology of Biological Treatment
Reviews microbial metabolism, growth kinetics, and the role of bacteria, protozoa, and fungi in treatment. Provides the biological foundation for process control decisions.
Lesson 2 • Nutrient Removal Processes
Explains biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal through nitrification, denitrification, and enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Addresses nutrient discharge limits.
Lesson 3 • Biofilm and Attached Growth Systems
Examines trickling filters, rotating biological contactors, and moving bed biofilm reactors as alternatives to suspended growth. Compares performance and footprint.
Lesson 4 • Membrane Bioreactors
Integrates membrane filtration with biological treatment to achieve high-quality effluent in a compact footprint. Prepares learners for advanced facility design.
Lesson 5 • Activated Sludge Process
Covers aeration basin design, mixed liquor suspended solids control, and secondary clarification. Central to municipal wastewater treatment worldwide.

Chapter 5See details

Solids Management and Biosolids Processing

Lesson 1 • Aerobic Digestion and Composting
Presents aerobic digestion and windrow or in-vessel composting as pathogen reduction alternatives. Suitable for smaller facilities without biogas recovery goals.
Lesson 2 • Sludge Thickening Methods
Covers gravity thickening, dissolved air flotation, and centrifugal thickening to reduce sludge volume before stabilisation. Reduces downstream processing costs.
Lesson 3 • Sludge Dewatering Technologies
Compares belt filter presses, centrifuges, and screw presses for reducing sludge moisture content before disposal or reuse. Covers polymer conditioning.
Lesson 4 • Anaerobic Digestion
Explains the four-stage biochemical pathway converting organic solids to biogas and stabilised biosolids. Covers reactor design, loading, and gas utilisation.
Lesson 5 • Biosolids Beneficial Use and Disposal
Addresses land application, composting distribution, and thermal drying as end-use pathways for stabilised biosolids. Covers quality classifications and site requirements.

Chapter 6See details

Water and Wastewater System Operations

Lesson 1 • Pump and Hydraulic Systems
Explains centrifugal and positive displacement pump selection, operation, and troubleshooting in treatment plant hydraulics. Covers pump curves and system curves.
Lesson 2 • Preventive Maintenance Programs
Develops structured maintenance planning for mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation assets to minimise unplanned downtime. Covers work order systems.
Lesson 3 • Chemical Feed Systems
Addresses storage, metering, and safety for coagulants, disinfectants, and conditioning chemicals used throughout treatment. Covers dosing calculations.
Lesson 4 • Process Monitoring and Sampling
Covers sampling protocols, field measurements, and laboratory analysis required for process control and regulatory reporting. Ensures data quality and defensibility.
Lesson 5 • Instrumentation and Control Systems
Introduces sensors, transmitters, PLCs, and SCADA systems used to automate and monitor treatment processes. Connects field devices to operational decisions.

Chapter 7See details

Effluent Polishing and Reuse Applications

Lesson 1 • Tertiary Filtration and Polishing
Covers granular media, cloth disk, and continuous backwash filters for removing residual suspended solids after secondary treatment. Prepares effluent for reuse or discharge.
Lesson 2 • Advanced Oxidation Processes
Explains UV/hydrogen peroxide, ozone/hydrogen peroxide, and Fenton processes for destroying micropollutants and trace organics. Addresses byproduct formation.
Lesson 3 • Reverse Osmosis for Water Reuse
Applies reverse osmosis to reclaimed water for high-purity reuse, covering pretreatment, membrane selection, and concentrate management.
Lesson 4 • Managed Aquifer Recharge
Covers infiltration basins, injection wells, and soil-aquifer treatment for storing reclaimed water underground. Addresses water quality changes during recharge.
Lesson 5 • Reuse Application Categories
Classifies agricultural, industrial, environmental, and potable reuse applications by required water quality and treatment level. Links treatment to end use.

Chapter 8See details

Energy, Sustainability, and Resource Recovery

Lesson 1 • Climate Resilience and Sustainability Planning
Integrates climate risk assessment, green infrastructure, and sustainability metrics into long-term facility planning. Prepares facilities for changing conditions.
Lesson 2 • Biogas and Combined Heat and Power
Covers biogas upgrading, combined heat and power engine selection, and grid interconnection for energy self-sufficiency from anaerobic digestion.
Lesson 3 • Energy Consumption in Treatment Plants
Quantifies energy use by process unit and identifies the largest consumption drivers in water and wastewater facilities. Establishes the baseline for efficiency improvements.
Lesson 4 • Nutrient and Resource Recovery
Examines struvite precipitation, ammonia stripping, and phosphorus crystallisation as methods to recover valuable nutrients from sidestreams.
Lesson 5 • Water Loss Control and Demand Management
Addresses distribution system leakage detection, pressure management, and demand-side conservation to reduce raw water intake and treatment costs.

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This course is for you:

Water utility operator: seeking deeper process knowledge to advance certification level.
Civil or environmental engineer: expanding expertise into treatment system design and operations.
Environmental compliance officer: needing stronger technical grounding behind permit requirements.
Career changer from construction or industrial maintenance: transitioning into water infrastructure roles.
Municipal public works employee: responsible for overseeing contracted treatment plant performance.
Graduate student in environmental science: bridging academic theory with applied treatment practice.

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