Daily Schedule:
8:00am - Registration and coffee (1st day only)
8:30am - Session begins
4:30pm - Adjournment
Breakfast, two refreshment breaks and lunch are provided daily.
Description
To Improve the understanding of the engineering principle of unit processes and the process design of water treatment systems
Objective
The main objective of this course is to enable the participants to understand the basic engineering principles of each unit process of a conventional water treatment plant and design basis for each unit process of a chemical assisted filtration. Enhanced clarification processes are also discussed. Some other water treatment processes, such as direct and pressure filtration, slow sand filtration, membrane filtration are also covered in the course. The course principle is to improve the knowledge of the participants in water treatment unit processes such that they would be able to gain understanding in process design of water treatment.
Target Audience
Environmental or process design Engineers, Water utility managers and water treatment operators, Civil Engineers, Chemical Engineers and Environmental Engineers of junior and intermediate levels, particularly those with interest in pursuing water treatment areas.
Program Outline (1.2 CEUs / 12 PDHs)
Day 1 - Conventional Water Treatment Processes - Chemically Assisted Filtration
Water Treatment Principles and Objectives
- Removal of Contaminants
- Removal or Inactivation of Pathogens
- Multi-Barrier Approach
- Assessment of Treatment Unit Processes to meet Water Treatment Objectives
Factors Concerning Source Water and Water Treatment Design
- Source Water Quality and Quantity
- Intake Location
- Source Water Protection
- Level of water Treatment Requirements
Basis for Water Treatment Plant Design Flow and Unit Processes and Hydraulic
- Water Demands
- Water Treatment Capacity
- Piping Design
- Reliability & Redundancy
Water Intake
- Intake Crib & Pipe
- Screening
- Low Lift Pumping
Water Treatment Processes (Chemically Assisted Filtration Processes)
- Coagulation & Flocculation, Chemical Feed and Storage System
- Sedimentation/Clarification
- Enhanced Clarification processes
- Filtration
Day 2 - Other Water treatment Processes, Residual Management and Disinfection
Other Filtration Processes
- Direct Filtration
- Pressure Filtration
- Slow Sand Filtration
- Membrane filtration
Disinfection
- Primary Disinfection
- Secondary Disinfection
- Disinfection By-Product (DBP) Control
Enhanced Dissolved Organic Removal, Taste & Odour & DBP Control
- Ozone
- Carbon Adsorption
- Biofiltration
Storage - Clear Well
High Lift Pumping
Residual management
After Attending This Course You Will Be Able To:
- Understand the principles and objectives of Water Treatment
- Improve the knowledge of Engineering principles of unit processes in water treatment.
- Gain understanding and proper application in process design of water treatment systems and practical know-how to design water treatment unit processes.
Instructor
George Lai, M. Eng., P. Eng.
George Lai has a master’s degree in chemical engineering specializing in water and wastewater treatments. He is an Engineering Specialist in Drinking Water Treatment. He provides engineering/technical expertise and support into the development of government’s engineering design standards for drinking water treatment technologies and to municipal drinking water systems. Previously, he worked for companies such as Greer Galloway, Dillon Consulting Limited, Associated Engineering, MMM Group Limited, and Lavalin – MacLaren Engineers Inc., as a senior engineer and project manager in process/detailed design and study of a broad range of projects in water and wastewater treatments for both industrial and municipal sectors.
Achievements in the field: Ten States Standards Water Supply Committee Member; NSF Joint Committee Members on Drinking Water Treatment Units, Treatment Chemicals & System components; Former President of WEAO; Former OWWA Treatment Committee Member; Winner of 2011 WEF Arthur Sidney Bedell Award.
George is also a member of the following associations: PEO, WEF, WEAO, OWWA, CSA.