California Water Treatment Certification List

To work on a drinking water treatment system distribution system or in a wastewater treatment plant you must have a valid operator certificate or an operator in training certificate from the state water board.

California water treatment certification list. In 1971 laws and regulations governing the certification of potable water treatment facility operation were enacted. Updated for july 2019. Search operator certification database page last updated 6 29 18 water is a precious resource in california and maintaining its quality is of utmost importance to safeguard the health of the public and the environment. Operations duties in an agricultural industrial or manufacturing facility or on a ship are not considered qualifying experience for purposes of the operator.

This course is designed to give operators an overview of wastewater treatment plants and safe plant procedures and to train operators to safely and effectively operate preliminary. The regulations establish at what level these facilities should be manned the minimum qualifications for testing at each of the five grade levels and the criteria for the renewal and revocation of operator certificates. And chapter 8 lagoon systems secondary treatment. You may use wastewater experience gained outside california provided you were a certified wastewater operator and performing duties that would require certification in california.

This list is updated monthly and may not contain recently issued or expired certificates. Wastewater operator certification program. Currently there are approximately 6 000 active certified wastewater treatment plant operators. Chapter 2 safety.

The transfer was accomplished by means of the addition of new section 116271 to the health and safety code. Although swrcb takes all steps to ensure the accuracy of the information in the list there may be some inaccuracies. Welcome to the education and training section of the cwea website. This course uses the following chapters from operation of wastewater treatment plants volume 1 chapter 1 introduction to wastewater operation.

Chapter 4 primary treatment. This means that on completion of this course you ll meet the minimum qualifications needed to take the california grade 2 water treatment license exam in california. The wastewater operator certification program wwocp administers wastewater treatment plant certification examinations certifications grades i to v and certification renewals. Additionally the wwocp classifies wastewater treatment plants.

Swrcb office of operator certification. This 36 hour 3 6 ceus course qualifies as specialized training in california for water treatment operators. Effective july 1 2014 the responsibility for california s operator certification program for operators of public water systems was transferred from the cdph to the state water resources control board state water board.