E – 1104 Domestic Wastewater Treatment Overview

The 1972 legislation known as the Clean Water Act set secondary treatment as the required level of treatment to be provided by domestic wastewater treatment plants in the United States. In this course you can learn about the basic processes used in primary and secondary wastewater treatment, processes used and contaminants removed by advanced treatment, treatment & disposal or beneficial reuse of biosolids (wastewater sludge), and the fundamentals of onsite wastewater treatment systems.

This course is intended for civil, municipal, and environmental engineers, as well as anyone interested in or involved with wastewater treatment. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about the processes used in domestic wastewater treatment.

In this course, you need to review the study guide material in the USEPA document, EPA 823-R-03-001, “Primer for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems,” provided below. Upon completing your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions to earn 3 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.