Sanitary Survey Training
for
State PWS Inspectors
The Maryland Center for Environmental
Training delivers comprehensive training titled, How to Conduct a
Sanitary Survey of a Small Water System to State regulatory staff and
local health officials across the United States. This program is affiliated
with
the EPA Drinking Water Academy.
Our goal is to train, upgrade and/or
maintain the ability of State inspectors so they may conduct comprehensive,
technically sound sanitary surveys of small water systems. Further, the
training will be sufficient in content that inspectors should obtain a
level of knowledge enabling them to ensure that their sanitary surveys of
small water systems address the following eight elements: water source;
treatment; distribution system; finished water storage; pumps, pump
facilities and controls; monitoring, reporting and data verification; water
system management and operations; and operator compliance with State
requirements.
We use the EPA Drinking Water Academy’s Training materials during this training.
Training
Materials
MCET uses the EPA Drinking Water Academy’s training materials during
these courses. Each participant in a sanitary survey training course
will receive copies of the Learner's Guide and the Field References.
These materials
include:
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Learners Guide
Drinking Water Instructor’s Field Reference Guide for Surface Water
Systems Drinking Water Instructor’s Field Reference Guide for Ground
Water Systems
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DVD: Cross
Connections Storage Facilities, Hypochlorination, Gas Chlorination,
Distribution Systems, Sampling and Monitoring GWUDI
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DVD: Small Systems
and Emergency Response
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CD: Sanitary Survey
Fundamentals Prep Course
The Learner's Guide
covers the following topics: organizing the sanitary survey; drinking
water regulations; water sources; water supply pumps and pumping;
storage facilities; water treatment processes; distribution systems;
cross- connections; monitoring and laboratory testing; and water system
management. The Guide contains numerous graphics of key water system
components.
The Field References provide comprehensive checklists of questions to be
considered during a sanitary survey of a small system. The References
are in a small-sized format so they can be used by inspectors in the
field. The Field References include graphics needed to identify and
understand water system components and procedures.
Meet the MCET
Sanitary Survey Training Team
Lenny Gold, Senior Operations Specialist
Lenny Gold is an engineer and certified operator with 30 years of
experience in the water and wastewater treatment field. His experience
includes regulatory inspection and management of a state affiliated
contract O&M program for water and wastewater facilities. For the past
24 years, Lenny has been providing services for utilities, to include
training, technical assistance, and implementation of process control
strategies designed to optimize the performance of water and wastewater
facilities. Projects have included CPE’s as well as conducting sanitary
surveys. Lenny has been providing sanitary survey training nationally
for more than 20 years.
Doug Abbott, Senior Operations Specialist
Doug Abbott is a specialist in drinking water and wastewater systems operation,
maintenance and management. He is a Maryland certified water and wastewater system operator. For more than 20 years,
Doug has provided training and technical assistance for a broad spectrum of
utility organizations, both nationally and internationally. Projects
have included on-site troubleshooting, process optimization, system O&M
evaluations, and water and wastewater Comprehensive Performance Evaluations
(CPEs). Over the past 20 years, Doug has been involved with the sanitary
survey program, including providing training and participating in
conducting sanitary surveys of water systems.
Peter Karalekas, Senior Training Specialist
Peter Karalekas is a consulting engineer with over 30 years of
experience in the water supply field. He is a retired U.S. Public Health
Service Officer and spent most of his career in government assigned to
EPA’s drinking water program. He is a registered professional engineer
and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. In
addition, Peter serves as editor of the Journal of New England Water
Works Association and is a member of the Massachusetts Board of
Certification of Drinking Water Operators. Peter has been involved in
the development and delivery of sanitary survey training for more than
20 years.
What the PWS
inspectors had to say about the training.....
"Going
to the plant and seeing first hand what we had discussed previously was
very helpful"
"Instructors were very knowledgeable and clearly experts.
Very informative. Great presentation. "
July 17, 2007
"Best training session I have attended in my 22
year engineering career."
October 16, 2006
For more information on this program please contact MCET
at Info@mcet.org
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