Water Chemistry and Microbiology

Course Objective: To teach learners how basic principles of chemistry and microbiology apply to and influence drinking water treatment.

This course is part of the Water Treatment Fundamentals bundle. Four Contact Hours (or 0.4 CEUs) will be granted upon completion of this course.

Disclosure: None

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

List…

✓ the main categories of pathogenic organisms in raw water

Describe…

✓ periodic table of elements

✓ atomic structure and states of matter

✓ acids, bases and salts

✓ the presence/absence microbiological test method

✓ the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Explain…

✓ hydrogen ion concentration (pH)

Express…

✓ results in significant figures

Identify…

✓ chemicals that contribute alkalinity to water

✓ molecules, elements and compounds

✓ common microbial contaminants in raw water

Calculate…

✓ percent weight of elements in a compound

✓ dilution factors

✓ chemical solution concentration

✓ stoichiometric quantities

✓ density and specific gravity

Use…

✓ the multiple tube fermentation method for microbiological analysis of water sample

✓ the membrane filtration method for microbiological analysis of water sample

Interpret…

✓ HPC (Heterotrophic Plate Count) results

Differentiate…

✓ categories of chemical contaminants in drinking water

Distinguish…

✓ between presumptive and confirmed coliform results

Compare…

✓ approved analytical procedures for coliform analysis

Set-up…

✓ chemical formulas and equations

✓ chemical reactions

Prepare…

✓ solution dilutions

✓ chemical reagents

A. BASIC CHEMISTRY     

1. Matter     

2. Atomic Structure     

3. Periodic Table of Elements     

4. Compounds and Molecules     

5. Chemical Reactions     

5.a. Ionic Bonds     

5.b. Covalent Bonds     

6. Chemical Formulas and Chemical Equations     

7. Expression of Results and Significant Figures     

7.a. Significant Figures and Rounding Off     

8. Computation of Percent Weight of Elements in a Compound     

9. Computation of Stoichiometric Quantities     

10. Categories of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water     

11. Solutions and Computation of Percent Strength     

12. Density and Specific Gravity     

13. Mixing and Dilution     

14. Acids, Bases, and Salts     

14.a. Preparation of uniform acid and base solutions     

15. pH     

16. Alkalinity     

B. BASIC MICROBIOLOGY     

1. Pathogenic organisms     

1.a. Bacteria     

1.b. Viruses     

1.c. Protozoans     

2. Indicator organisms     

3. Revised Total Coliform Rule     

4. Coliform and Heterotrophic Plate Count Analysis     

CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS     

About Instructor

Water Treatment Instructor

This instructor has over twenty-five years of experience in the water industry. He was also a college adjunct instructor teaching water treatment classes.

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Course Includes

  • 1 Lesson
  • 2 Topics
  • 1 Quiz
  • Course Certificate