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If you are looking for a job or career in the water treatment, water pre-treatment or drinking water industry, such as for a POTW (publicly -owned drink water) company, then you'll need these free training materials, developed by the EPA, to help you pass the examinations to get a water operator's license!
These materials were developed for the EPA's Drinking Water Academy's Electronic Workshop. They contain three types of information:
The self-paced training modules give a broad introduction to the many facets of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Although live training courses are the best training experience,
DWA's limited budget can only support a small number of classes each year. Through the Internet, the DWA can reach many more people with SDWA information based on our training courses.
State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff can access the training modules at any time. They can view them on-line or download them for later review. In addition, water system operators, college students, professors, and others in the drinking water community have the same access to these materials. The DWA invites all interested parties to freely use these DWA materials. With few exceptions (e.g., copyrighted graphics we have reproduced only with permission) DWA modules are in the public domain and may be downloaded, reproduced, and modified for your own use.
The short presentations are intended primarily for the use of Federal and State regulatory staff. These presentations provide a quick overview of proposed and final rules. They can be used as a starting point for preparing briefings or other information materials.
Finally, the Workshop provides links to other pages in OGWDW's Web site where you can obtain regulatory and implementation information.
The training materials and presentations are in PowerPoint® (PPT) and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (You can download free viewers for these files at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx and http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html, respectively.) (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)
Topic Areas:
The training materials and presentations are in PowerPoint® (PPT) and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. You can download free viewers for these files:
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
| Course Title | Download PPT Training | Download PDF Training | Download Short PPT Presentation | Links to Other Information |
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| Arsenic Rule | Satellite Training handout: Arizona's Approach to Arsenic Implementation) (PDF) (9 pp, 360K) | Arsenic Rule (PPT) (176K) | Rule Guidance | |
| Consumer Confidence Rule Report Webcast (May 2005) | Questions & Answers (PDF) (11 pp, 155K) | |||
| Contaminant Candidate List | Contaminant Candidate List (PPT) (116K) | CCL Materials | ||
| From Risk to Rule: How EPA Develops Risk-Based Drinking Water Regulations | How EPA Develops Risk-Based Drinking Water Regulations (PPT) (4.82 MB) | How EPA Develops Risk-Based Drinking Water regulations (PDF) (95 pp, 1.34 MB) | ||
| Filter Backwash Recycling Rule | Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (PPT) (639K) | FBRR Materials | ||
| Ground Water Rule | Ground Water Rule (PPT) (662K) | Fact Sheet | ||
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | Rule Modules | IESWTR Materials | ||
| Lead and Copper Rule | Lead and Copper Rule (PDF) (265 pp, 1.85 MB) | Lead and Copper Rule (PPT) (1.16 MB) | Implementation | |
| Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Rule Modules
(From Jan. 2003 Satellite Training) |
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (PPT) (69K) | Implementation | |
| MTBE Rule | MTBE Rule (PPT) (76K) | Fact Sheet | ||
| Radionuclides Rule | Webcast Training Materials | Radionuclides Rule (PPT) (85K) | Implementation | |
| Radon Rule | Radon Rule (PPT) (267K) | Fact Sheet | ||
| Regulating Microbial Contaminants | Regulating Microbial Contaminants (PPT) (1.99 MB) | Regulating Microbial Contaminants (PDF) (19 pp, 1.29 MB) | ||
| Stage 1 Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts Rule | Stage 1 Rule (PPT) (102K) | Implementation | ||
| Stage 1 Webcast (March 2005) | Stage 1 Webcast March 2005 (PPT) (1.01 MB) | |||
| Stage 1 Webcast (April 2005) | Stage 1 Webcast April 2005 (PPT) (1.07 MB) | Answer Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 404K) | ||
| Stage 2 Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts Rule | Stage 2 Rule (PPT) (79K) | Implementation | ||
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Surface Water Treatment Rule (PPT) (14.86 MB) | Surface Water Treatment Rule (PDF) (139 pp, 9.36 MB) | ||
| Surface Water Treatment Rules Webcast (June 2005) | Surface Water Treatment Rules Webcast (PPT) (1.77 MB) | Case Studies & Answers (PDF) (4 pp, 249K) | ||
| Surface Water Treatment Rules (Satellite Training) | Training Materials | |||
| Total Coliform Rule | Total Coliform Rule (PPT) (9.17 MB) | Total Coliform Rule (PDF) (71 pp, 4.29 MB) | Total Coliform Rule (PPT) (50K) | TCR Materials |
| TCR Basics Webcast (2/23/05) | TCR Basics Webcast (PPT) (3.21 MB) | |||
| TCR Implementation Webcast (3/23/05) | TCR Implementation Webcast (PPT) (1.91 MB) | |||
| Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (the Second Cycle) UCMR 2 (February 2007) | Webcast (PDF) (80 pp, 1.63 MB) | |||
| Course Title | Download PPT Training | Download PDF Training | Download Short PPT Presentation | Links to Other Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the Safe Drinking Water Act | Introduction to the Safe Drinking Water Act (PPT) (5.01 MB) | Introduction to the Safe Drinking Water Act (PDF) (100 pp, 1.88 MB) | Statute (PDF) (124 pp, 3.11 MB) | |||
| Overview of the Clean Water Act and the Safe
Drinking Water Act (view online) |
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| Course Title | Download PPT Training | Download PDF Training | Download Short PPT Presentation | Links to Other Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the UIC Program |
Introduction to the UIC Program (PPT) (6.61 MB) | Introduction to the UIC Program (PDF) (65 pp, 2.07 MB) | UIC Materials | |||
| Class V Injection Wells - New Requirements |
Class V Materials | |||||
| State Implementation Guide Workshop | State Implementation Guide Workshop (PPT) (208K) | |||||
| State Primary Revision Process Workshop | State Primary Revision Process Workshop (PPT) (60K) | |||||
| Class V Training | Training Materials | |||||
| Online UIC Well Inspector Training | Web-based Training | |||||
| Introduction to UIC Permitting |
Part 1:
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Introduction to UIC Permitting (PPT)
(6.50 MB) Introduction to UIC Permitting (PPT) (7.70 MB) |
Introduction to UIC Permitting (PDF)
(73 pp, 3.06 MB) Introduction to UIC Permitting (PDF) (229 pp, 4.11 MB) |
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| Underground Injection Control Pressure Fall-off Testing | Underground Injection Control Pressure Fall-off Testing (PPT) (9.76 MB) | Underground Injection Control Pressure Fall-off Testing (PDF) (206 pp, 3.54 MB) |
The Nuts and Bolts of Fall-off Testing (PDF)
(80 pp, 3.33 MB) Pressure Fall-off Testing Guideline (PDF) (29 pp, 599K) |
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| Adiestramiento de Inspectores del Programa para el Control de la Inyecci �n Subterr�nea (Para ver estos cursos en linea o para descargar los ficheros, haga click aqui.) | ||||||
| Course Title | Download PPT Training | Download PDF Training | Download Short PPT Presentation | Links to Other Information | ||
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| American Government Roles (handouts) |
American Government Roles (PPT) (12.13 MB) | American Government Roles (PDF) (204 pp, 5.71 MB) | ||||
| Risk Communication under SDWA When using these slides, please credit the source where indicated. |
Risk Communication under SDWA (PPT) (1.55 MB) | Risk Communication under SDWA (PDF) (88 pp, 1.73 MB) | ||||
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