Initial learning (i), aimed at personnel with minimum natural science background skills, consistent with entry level personnel working in the UK wastewater industry as operators, technicians, process scientist or managers of these roles.

Initial learning is designed to introduce all the technical aspects of the Wastewater Treatment process that form part of operations and environmental management. The main sessions of introduction is WWT overview, which make up three sessions of 8 hours of overview content. The content feature actual applied science problems, case studies and applications in question and answer format. All the available sessions on this level are described below.

1. Introduction to WWT process & technology session 1

Session one introduces the Wastewater Treatment process from source to discharge, including the technology commonly used in the UK. The specification for the technology as prescribed by site permits and derivations of these are included.

• • The different sources of wastewater

  • The collection of wastewater from a catchment

  • The chemical composition of wastewater

  • Measurements, analysis and quantitation of WW

  • Measuring Oxygen Demand

  • Measuring & calculating the flow

  • Permitted flow, load and Population Equivalents

  • Impact of high & excessive flow on WWT processes and technology

  • The WWT process overview

  • The works Inlet

  • Primary settlement processes and technology

  • Secondary treatment processes and technology

  • Secondary treatment flow & load calculations