For Wastewater Facility Operators
There's Much at Stake
Wastewater treatment facilities operation and maintenance personnel play a crucial role in improving and protecting water quality. These personnel are responsible for operating facilities in New York into which over $11 billion has been invested to construct. A competent wastewater facility operations work force is essential to ensure effective operation, maintenance, and management of these wastewater facilities.
As of June 17, 2011, the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) is now administering the wastewater operator certification, and the certificate renewal programs. NYWEA now processes all certifications and renewals for a fee. For more information on the new procedures for wastewater operator certification and renewal visit NYWEA's website at: http://nywea.org/OpCert/.
Contact Information:
- Operator Certification Application or Certificate Renewal:
NYWEA
Tanya May Jennings
525 Plum Street, Suite 102
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 422-7811, ext. 4
E-Mail: tmj@nywea.org
- Renewal Training Course Approval and Regulatory Questions:
NYSDEC
Bureau of Water Compliance
625 Broadway, 4th Fl.
Albany, NY 12233-3506
(518) 402-8177 (Phone)
(518) 402-9029 (Fax)
Richard Malaczynski, P.E.
Environmental Engineer 2
(518) 402-8087
Robert Wither, P.E.
Environmental Engineer 3
(518) 402-8154
More about For Wastewater Facility Operators:
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification - Important links for wastewater treatment plant operators.
- Currently Certified Operators - To check and verify the wastewater operator certification status by SPDES permit number ore operator certification number.
- Contract Operations and Certified Laboratories for Wastewater Treatment Plants - This page lists contract operators and contract operation firms as well as providing information for finding a contract laboratory.
- Information for Wastewater Operator Professionals - A listing of offsite links of interest to wastewater treatment professionals.
- Handbook on Wastewater Management for Local Representatives - New "Handbook on Wastewater Management for Local Representatives" is an educational resource provided for local municipal officials in responsible charge of overseeing and funding municipal wastewater treatment plants. It has been developed on the premise that the target audience has little or no background in wastewater treatment.
- Descriptive Data of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants - Descriptive Data of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Sample Agenda for Wet Weather Operations & Wet Weather Plans - This page provides a sample agenda for a wet weather training course.
- Wet Weather Operations Course -Online - Wet Weather Online training through New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
- Wet Weather Training Materials - Wet Weather resources available online.
- Activated Sludge Training - Agenda and timeline for an Activated Sludge Training Course.
- Nitrogen Training Material for Treatment Plant Operators - Training topics and materials that should or might be included in a Nitrogen Removal Workshop.
- Nitrogen Training Exercises for Treatment Plant Operators - Nitrogen removal exercises for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators.
- Nitrogen Training Modules for Treatment Plant Operators - Nitrogen Removal Training Modules for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators.
- Nitrogen Training Worksheets for Treatment Plant Operators - Calculation sheets that may assist operators in determining if the oxygen capacity od their aeration systems are suitable to support nitrification.
- Practical Control Methods for Activated Sludge Bulking and Foaming - A two part article presenting the causes of filamentous bulking and practical control measures, as well as physical and chemical filament control and the causes of activated sludge foaming and its control
- Shop-Built Mercury Sampler - Instructions for builing mercury sampler for wastewater effluents.
- Useful Resources - Compilation of resources for nitrogen removal.
