This course is designed to provides Participants with overview of why clean and safe drinking water is essential for human health, well-being, and sustainable development. It provides Participants recognize the significance of water quality and its impact on individuals, communities, and the environment. understanding the parameters and contaminants that can affect water quality, participants can help implement measures to protect public health and prevent waterborne diseases. emphasizes the importance of water quality for environmental sustainability. By learning about water analysis techniques, participants can identify pollutants and take necessary steps to protect aquatic ecosystems, wildlife, and overall environmental health.

The course emphasizes the importance of water analysis and quality control for sustainable water management. By effectively monitoring and managing water quality, participants can contribute to the conservation and efficient use of water resources.

At the end of the course the participants will:

• • Gain a great knowledge and understanding of water quality control principles, and regulatory requirements. including the importance of clean and safe water, the sources of contamination, the health risks associated with poor water quality, and the methods for assessing and monitoring water quality.
  • identify potential sources of contamination, assess water quality, and implement appropriate treatment or purification methods to safeguard their health and the health of their families.
  • learn to develop strategies to address water quality challenges. These skills can be applied to various real-world scenarios and contribute to more effective problem-solving abilities.
  • Gain a good knowledge about general characteristics water.
  • Knowledge of various microbial and chemical contaminants.
  • Knowledge of how drinking water should be treated.
  • Understands basic important principles, concepts of various water instruments.

This course is designed for professionals involved in ensuring safe, clean drinking water through proper sampling, analysis, and regulatory compliance:

• • Water Quality Analysts & Laboratory Technicians
  • Public Health Officials & Environmental Scientists
  • Municipal Water Treatment Plant Operators
  • Environmental & Public Health Engineers
  • Regulatory & Compliance Inspectors
  • Field Sampling Technicians
  • Rural & Community Water System Managers
  • Industrial & Bottled Water Producers

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions as well as case studies will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer.

The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share developing the right answers using their analysis and experience.

Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

PERCENTAGE OF DELIVERY METHODOLOGIES

• − 35% Presentation
• − 30% Group & individual exercises
• − 25% Case studies and role-plays
• − 10% Active movies and videos

Day One

Introduction to Drinking Water Quality

• • Importance of clean and safe drinking water
  • Global and regional water quality challenges
  • Water Quality Parameters
  • Standard specification for drinking water quality
  • Waterborne diseases and health impacts

Overview of water General characteristics

• • Water cycle in the nature.
  • water molecules and their bonds
  • Polarity in water
  • Physical properties of water
  • Chemical properties of water
  • Ionization of water

Day Two

Water Quality Physical Parameters

• • Turbidity of water
  • Color of water
  • Odor of water
  • Taste of water
  • pH of water
  • Conductivity of water
  • Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
  • Total suspended solids (T.S.S.)

Water quality Chemical parameters

• • Alkalinity of water
  • Chloride in water
  • Mohr method
  • Volhard method
  • Total hardness of water
  • Permanent hardness
  • Temporary hardness
  • Jar test

Day 3

Ion Contents affects water quality

• • Calcium (Ca) content in water
  • Magnesium (Mg) content in water
  • Sulphate (SO4) content in water
  • Chlorine content in water
  • Iron content in water

Instruments used in water quality analysis

• • Spectroscopy analysis
  • Analytical techniques based on atomic spectrometry
  • inductive coupled plasma (ICP-OES) Theory, Instrumentation, Detectors and Instrumental Interferences
  • Hydride Generation unit and Cold vapor unit
  • inductive coupled plasma - Mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) Theory, Instrumentation, Detectors and Instrumental Interferences
  • Atomic spectroscopy excitation sources
  • Flame photometer
  • ion chromatography (IC) Theory, Instrumentation, Detectors and Instrumental Interferences.

Day 4

Water quality biological parameters

• • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
  • Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
  • Phenols content in water
  • Phosphate in water

Water Sampling

• • General Requirements for water sampling
  • Safety Considerations
  • Types of water Samples
  • Chain-of-Custody Procedures
  • Sampling Methods
  • Sample Storage and Preservation

Day 5

Preliminary water treatment

• • The various treatment methods
  • Location of treatment plant
  • Types of preliminary treatment
  • Intakes
  • Screens
  • Plain sedimentation
  • Storage
  • Roughing filter

Water treatment processes

• • Aeration
  • Coagulation and flocculation
  • Sedimentation
  • Sedimentation and clarification
  • Filtration (rapid sand, multimedia, membrane)
  • Methods of Disinfection

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration