Drinking Water Wells
Course Number: To be assigned
Discipline: Drinking Water
Course Approval: To be approved
CEUs Assigned: 0.6
Course Agenda: Located here
This course is designed to introduce the drinking water operator to the exciting world of Drinking Water Wells. This is an introductory course and information is limited, though the operator is encouraged to pursue addition information apart from this course.
Most drinking water systems in the Pacific Northwest obtain their drinking water from wells dug into the ground. These systems range in size from a few homes to tens to hundreds of thousand. However, no matter how large or how small the system, the basics of well design, construction, and operations are the same. Individual processes do vary widely depending on system size, aquifer location, and aquifer water quality. This course will review three areas pertaining to drinking water wells:
1) Aquifer characteristics and water quality;
2) Well design and standards; and
3) Well evaluation, troubleshooting, and repair.
This course introduces the operator to groundwater sources, well construction practices and rules, and operation, maintenance, and repair. The operator will learn about the geology of the soil and rock beneath the earth's surface, aquifer characteristics, and water quality expectations from various aquifer types. There will be some basic discussion of chemical composition of the groundwater. The operator will learn about well design and construction including filers, screens, casings, pitless units and adapters, and wells seals. And finally, the operator will learn how to operate their well to maximize water output while minimizing aquifer impacts to ensure a long-term source of groundwater, and how to investigate and resolve issues that arise regarding their well.
There will be a lot of discussion and examples. All are welcome and I look forward to meeting new friends and seeing old ones. The cost of this six-hour course (0.6 CEU's) is $120.00, and of course refreshments are provided.
Discipline: Drinking Water
Course Approval: To be approved
CEUs Assigned: 0.6
Course Agenda: Located here
This course is designed to introduce the drinking water operator to the exciting world of Drinking Water Wells. This is an introductory course and information is limited, though the operator is encouraged to pursue addition information apart from this course.
Most drinking water systems in the Pacific Northwest obtain their drinking water from wells dug into the ground. These systems range in size from a few homes to tens to hundreds of thousand. However, no matter how large or how small the system, the basics of well design, construction, and operations are the same. Individual processes do vary widely depending on system size, aquifer location, and aquifer water quality. This course will review three areas pertaining to drinking water wells:
1) Aquifer characteristics and water quality;
2) Well design and standards; and
3) Well evaluation, troubleshooting, and repair.
This course introduces the operator to groundwater sources, well construction practices and rules, and operation, maintenance, and repair. The operator will learn about the geology of the soil and rock beneath the earth's surface, aquifer characteristics, and water quality expectations from various aquifer types. There will be some basic discussion of chemical composition of the groundwater. The operator will learn about well design and construction including filers, screens, casings, pitless units and adapters, and wells seals. And finally, the operator will learn how to operate their well to maximize water output while minimizing aquifer impacts to ensure a long-term source of groundwater, and how to investigate and resolve issues that arise regarding their well.
There will be a lot of discussion and examples. All are welcome and I look forward to meeting new friends and seeing old ones. The cost of this six-hour course (0.6 CEU's) is $120.00, and of course refreshments are provided.