Drinking Water Quality Monitoring for Regulatory Compliance

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

List…

✓ drinking water quality parameters that require monitoring and reporting

Describe…

✓ laboratory quality assurance program

✓ laboratory safety practices

Explain…

✓ drinking water laboratory certification process

✓ sample holding times

Identify…

✓ routine sampling requirements

Interpret…

✓ water quality characteristics

✓ water quality reports

✓ Maximum Contaminant Levels

Use…

✓ chain of custody

✓ proper sampling and preservation techniques

Prepare…

✓ an operational site sampling plan

Manage…

✓ a regulatory compliance program

Set-up…

✓ appropriate sample containers and sample sizes

Select…

✓ a proper sampling site

Evaluate…

✓ treatment facility performance

A. Laboratory Certification     

B. Quality Assurance and Quality Control     

C. Collection and Preservation of Water Samples     

1. Types of Samples     

2. Chain-of-Custody Procedures     

3. Sampling Methods     

4. Sample Containers     

5. Number of Samples     

6. Sample Volumes     

7. Sample Preservation and Storage     

D. General Sample Collection Requirements     

E. Water Quality Parameters     

1. Physical and Aggregate Properties     

1.a. Temperature     

1.b. Color     

1.c. Taste, Flavor, and Odor     

1.d. Turbidity     

1.e. Particle Counting and Size Distribution     

1.f. Specific Conductance     

1.g. Alkalinity     

1.h. Hardness     

1.i. Asbestos     

1.j. Solids     

2. Inorganic Constituents     

2.a. Determining correctness of analysis     

2.b. pH     

3. Organic Contaminants     

4. Microorganisms     

5. Radionuclides     

F. Treatment Process Monitoring     

1. Process Control Parameters     

2. Langelier Saturation Index     

G. Laboratory Safety     

DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT PROCESS MONITORING QUESTIONS     

Computations in Water Quality Parameters

Temperature Converter

Areas and Volumes 

Flow Conversion