Free Webinars: Technical Assistance for Publicly Owned Treatment Works
August 2021 – The EPA is conducting free webinars for owners and operators of publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) on August 26, September 22, October 21, and November 18, 2021, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering small wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) a series of technical assistance webinars on best practices for optimizing performance. These webinars can help you understand the root causes of common problems WWTP operators face and will provide suggestions and resources to help you fine-tune operations and fix noncompliance problems.
Webinar Topics and Dates
- August 26, 2021: Knowing Your Headworks: Identifying the Pitfalls in Preliminary Treatment
- September 22, 2021: Pretreatment Program Audits of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants: What to Expect, How to Prepare, and Common Findings
- October 21, 2021: Optimize Your Wastewater Treatment Plant: Save Energy and Reduce Nutrient Discharge
- November 18, 2021: Troubleshooting Sludge Problems in Wastewater Lagoon Systems
How to Register
Register to attend any of the webinars at the following registration webpages:
- Knowing Your Headworks: Identifying the Pitfalls in Preliminary Treatment
- Pretreatment Program Audits of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants: What to Expect, How to Prepare, and Common Findings
- Optimize Your Wastewater Treatment Plant: Save Energy and Reduce Nutrient Discharge
- Troubleshooting Sludge Problems in Wastewater Lagoon Systems
Previous Webinars
You can find recordings of some of the previous technical assistance webinars at the links below:
- March 25, 2021: Get Flexible - Low Cost Compliance Solutions For Small Wastewater Treatment Systems
- February 24, 2021: Do’s and Don’ts in Operating an NPDES Laboratory: Common Mistakes and Ways to Improve Results
- January 27, 2021: Sampling: Do’s and Don’ts
- December 8, 2020: Flow Measurement
- November 17, 2020: The Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment - Life in the Aeration Tank: Bacteria, Protozoa and Metazoa
- October 20, 2020: Strategies for Small POTWs Handling High Strength Influent
- September 15, 2020: Best Management Practices for POTW Compliance: Critical Elements of Successful Wastewater Treatment- Part 2
- August 20, 2020: Discharge Monitoring Reports- Avoiding Common Mistakes
- August 18, 2020: Best Management Practices for POTW Compliance: Critical Elements of Successful Wastewater Treatment- Part 1
- Webinars from October 17, 2019, to June 17, 2020: Free Webinars: Technical Assistance for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs)
Additional Free Wastewater Operator Training
WaterOperator.org aggregates the best web resources for small system operators in a free, user-friendly location. This is supported by the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with funding from EPA.