This topic is continuously in the news as local government struggles to be able to operate and maintain water treatment plants successfully.
Even large industrial organisations have a problem in ensuring a low level of contamination in their waste
water effluent. In the meantime the environment and consumers of water is at risk.
Although the operation and maintenance of water treatment plants have many features that are typical of the operation and maintenance of any infrastructure item, there are definitely features that are absolutely unique to water
treatment plants.
This course strives to equip the operations and maintenance
staff involved in the operation of both fresh water supply plants and wastewater treatment plants with the necessary knowledge to be able to manage these plants successfully.
The course consist of the following areas:
Day 1: Water Treatment and Maintenance Principles: Nature’s water treatment cycle, Water quality requirements, Water treatment system overview, Wastewater sources, Maintenance Principles: The maintenance function in context, Principles of Preventive Maintenance, Plant Inspection.
Day 2: Water Treatment Technology: Operation and Maintenance I: Water intake and screening, Coagulation and Flocculation, Sedimentation, Biological Treatment, Filtration, Disinfection, Distribution, Discharge Effluent, Maintenance of Water Plant components: Pump Maintenance, Pipeline Maintenance, Maintenance of Civil Structures, Lubrication, Corrosion Control, Machinery Alignment, V-belt drives, Flexible Couplings, Electric Motors, Control Components, Lighting.
Day 3: Water Treatment Technology: Operation and Maintenance II: Water Delivery Quality, Monitoring water quality, Advanced treatment of Wastewater, Membrane Separation Technologies, Ion Exchange, Solids Management.
Who Should Attend
The course is intended for both operations and maintenance staff of
water purification plants and those who manage them.
Please contact Hendrik Keller for further information:
Office: 087 808 5858 or (012) 548 6096
National: 086 11 00 295 Cell: 082 855 8016
Fax: (012) 548 6103
e-mail: hendrik.keller@m-tech.co.za