HOW WATER WORKS: AWWA ELEARNING COURSE (EL310)

Course length: 1.5 Hours (self-paced eLearning)
Course cost: $90 members/$135 nonmembers

Link to purchase course EL310:

https://engage.awwa.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Bookstore/Product-Details/productId/133937671

Link to all AWWA eLearning:

https://www.awwa.org/Events-Education/eLearning-Courses

One-line description:

A self-paced eLearning course that introduces the overall basics of how water moves from source to tap. Ideal for beginners.

Medium description:

This self-paced eLearning course introduces the overall basics of how water moves from source to tap. Ideal for beginners, the course covers the processes from source water, through the water treatment plant, distribution system, your own home, and wastewater facilities. Perfect for those needing to learn the basics of how water works!

Long Course Description: This course is intended for those wishing to learn the overall basics of how water works as it moves from the source to your tap. The course will provide you with the general knowledge of the processes that take place your source water, within the water treatment plant, the distribution system, your own home, and wastewater facilities. This course will also allow you to identify key administrative processes within water utilities, and helpful management processes to create a sustainable water system.

Modules:

This course consists of the following six modules

Module 1: Overview of Water from Source to Tap

Module 2: Water Sources and Contamination

Module 3: Water Treatment Operations

Module 4: Distribution Operations

Module 5: Wastewater process

Module 6: Sustainable Water System Management

Learning Objectives:

• Locate the areas where water passes through from the source to your tap.

• Discuss the components of source water and how it is protected and managed.

• Review the conventional water treatment process, and several alternative water treatment methods.

• Recognize the process of treated water as it moves through the distribution system to your tap.

• Describe the wastewater collection and treatment process, and the return of treated wastewater into the source.

• Identify the administrative processes that happen within a water utility company, and techniques used to foster a sustainable water system.