October and November took Wastewater 101 to the Gary Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Facility for Wastewater Certification Review sessions. Gary opted to have classes once per week and for 4 hours per day to allow their employees time to absorb what they learned in class each week. Wastewater 101 also provided homework in the form…
Below is an e-mail sent out by Mark Stanifer, Chief of Compliance, IDEM. If you are interested in viewing the list mentioned please feel free to contact us. As you probably know by now, EPA published the final e-Reporting rule in October, and it becomes effective December 21. This means that under the federal rule,…
I was contacted Adam Penrod, Superintendent of the North Manchester, Indiana Water Pollution Control Facility to see if I would provide operator certification training for small groups. Of course Wastewater 101, LLC will always try to work with people who want to get certified or want training. So we worked out a schedule over 3…
On Wednesday, September 16th Wastewater 101 spent the evening at the Blutcher Poole Wastewater Treatment Facility in Bloomington, Indiana. It is always a pleasure when we go to Bloomington – either Blutcher Poole or Dillman Road plants – because they are so eager to participate and learn something different. This time we discussed The Microlife…
Barbara Smith, owner of Wastewater 101, LLC has been asked to teach the Wastewater Certification Review Course at the Annual Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA) Conference at the Westin in Indianapolis, Indiana. This course be its own tract on Wednesday and Thursday, November 18-19, 2015. Each day will be 6 hours long and breaks and…
Wastewater 101’s Barbara Smith spent April 22 and 29th in the town of Seymour, Indiana for the Certification Review Course. In this session Seymour was represented by their Plant Operators, Stormwater Crew, Sewer Maintenance and Laboratory personnel. Seymour also invited representatives from a local industry, AISIN; a few needed contact hours and others were studying…
Two days of southern hospitality in Shelbyville came to an end on Wednesday. For the past two days the Southern Indiana Operator’s Association (SIOA) hosted a Certification Review Course for people studying for their Operator Certification through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. This session was on March 31 and April st and was held…
Wastewater Step 1 – Determine Level of Certification You Need The level of certification required is determined by the size and operation of your wastewater treatment facility. In Georgia, all certificates must be obtained sequentially. This means that every operator in Georgia either starts at Class IV or Class III. According to GA Rules for…
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has published a list of Locations for Wastewater Operator Exams Please see the list below of Locations and Phone Numbers Location / Phone Gary 219-981-4442 Valparaiso 219-476-4772 South Bend 574-289-7001 X 1235 Elkhart County 574-830-0375 X 4484 Warsaw 574-267-5248 X 7232 Fort Wayne 260-480-2043 Lafayette 765-269-5611 Kokomo 765-459-0561…
Wastewater in Florida There are over 3,700 individually permitted domestic, not including septic systems, and industrial wastewater facilities in Florida. Less than a quarter of these facilities are authorized to discharge to surface water. As surface water dischargers, they are subject to the Department’s federally authorized National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements. However, many…
