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Water Treatment | Water Rights
Mar
20

Water Treatment | Water Rights

Learn about Water Rights in this excerpt from our Source Water lecture from our Water Treatment Exam Review course.   Topics covered include: Surface Water Allocation, the Riparian Doctrine (aka Rule of Reasonable Sharing),  the Prior Appropriation Doctrine (aka First in time – First in right), Groundwater allocation, Absolute Ownership, Reasonable Use, Correlative Rights, Appropriation-permit systems. […]

By jay@americanwatercollege.org | All States
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Water Treatment | Coagulation Process Operation and Jar Testing
Mar
06

Water Treatment | Coagulation Process Operation and Jar Testing

Learn about Coagulation Process Operation and Jar Testing in this excerpt from our Coagulation and Flocculation Lecture from our Water Treatment Exam Review course.   In this video we look at a few topics including: Streaming Current Meter, Enhanced Coagulation, Why Lowering pH works, and Jar Testing.   If you are preparing for a certification […]

By jay@americanwatercollege.org | All States
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Water Distribution | Pipe material
Jan
24

Water Distribution | Pipe material

Learn about different pipe materials in this excerpt from the Distribution System Exam Review course.     In this video we look at pipe material and considerations involved with installing distribution piping. These considerations include, material, corrosion resistance, quality maintenance and installation cost. For more information regarding C-Value of pipe, check out THIS paper. If […]

By jay@americanwatercollege.org | All States . Uncategorized
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Pipe Corrosion
Nov
21

Pipe Corrosion

Check out this video to learn about Pipe Corrosion. If you are preparing for a certification exam, you may be interested in our FREE Exam Tips or in signing up for one of our Exam Prep courses. We are here to help you achieve your career objectives.

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State Water Board Adopts Mercury Limits for Water Bodies
May
03

State Water Board Adopts Mercury Limits for Water Bodies

Effort intended to Better Protect Those Who Depend on and Consume Fish Regularly SACRAMENTO — Yesterday, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted rules to protect people and wildlife consuming fish from freshwater streams, lakes, and rivers in California that contain mercury – a potent neurotoxin. “Fish like salmon, bass, sturgeon and other popular fish like […]

By jay@americanwatercollege.org | California . Certification Exams . Collections . Continuing Education . Distribution . Education . Specialized Training . US Waterways . Wastewater Treatment . Water Treatment
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A Week of Thankfulness

We have many reasons to be thankful, and the public works department is one of the main reasons. From the collection and treatment of wastewater to the collection and treatment and distribution of drinking water, whether groundwater or surface water, at American Water College we are thankful for our public works employees.   This is […]

By admin | Education . Management . Water Treatment . Workforce Development
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Water: The Driving Force of Nature, Part 2

“We never know the worth of water til the well runs dry.” ~Thomas Fuller   From history to present times, water has always been the founding point of any society. Whether the nomads who traveled from oasis to oasis in the desert, or the Egyptians harnessing the power of the Nile, or the trade and […]

By admin | Education . News
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Seasons and Water

  “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” John Ruskin   Seasons, whether the height of Summer or the dead of Winter, affect not only our water usage but the efficiency of our water […]

By admin | Education . Wastewater Treatment . Water Treatment
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