Unidirectional Flushing

When:
30/04/2018 all-day
2018-04-30T00:00:00-07:00
2018-05-01T00:00:00-07:00
Where:
Douglas College
700 Royal Ave
New Westminster, BC V3M 5Z5
Canada
Cost:
$399 - Non Member
Contact:
Cayley Coulbourn
604-433-4389

Unidirectional Flushing

Course Overview

This one-day course will enhance the operator’s knowledge about how to plan, implement, troubleshoot, and evaluate a Unidirectional Flushing Program, to achieve effective water flushing and enhance water quality within a distribution system.

You should take this course if you are:

  • An operator of a water distribution system.
  • Interested in a career as a water operator, or wanting to understand more about water distribution.
  • An operator who wishes to prepare for level 1 EOCP certification, or that wants to earn CEU credits that can be applied to water or wastewater systems continuing education requirements.

You will be asked to complete a knowledge assessment when you register to give the course facilitator an understanding of your acquired knowledge to date.

Learning Objectives

After completing the Unidirectional Flushing course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of unidirectional flushing, the role of flushing in maintaining water quality, the equipment used, and alternative methods for flushing.
  • Prepare a plan for a unidirectional flushing program that integrates water system maps, financial and staff resources, scheduling, equipment, community notification, evaluation, and computer modelling software.
  • Safely implement and troubleshoot unidirectional flushing procedures and calculate water flows and velocities.

CEUs

This course provides:

  • 0.6 core CEUs for small water systems and water distribution (SWS & WD) EOCP certifications
  • Related CEUs for small wastewater systems, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, and water treatment (SWWS, WWC, WWT & WT) EOCP certifications.

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