Wastewater Academy
Training Built for Wastewater Operators
Learn the process. Troubleshoot the plant. Master the math. Advance your certification.
Courses, organized as learning paths
Wastewater Academy: bringing value and learning, along with CEUs
Online, self-paced classes with a student manual, a quiz and a certificate of completion. Pick the path that matches your job, then start with any class in it.
Operator Fundamentals
Headworks, primary treatment and disinfection: the processes every operator runs first.
3 online classesActivated Sludge and Process Control
Basics, Process Control and Advanced: a three-level series, plus using plant data.
4 online classesAdvanced Treatment
Advanced activated sludge, AI for plant performance and metal finishing wastewater.
3 online classesSolids and Biosolids
Anaerobic digestion, dewatering machines and centrifuge operation.
3 online classesLaboratory
Sampling, the core tests and QA/QC behind the monthly report.
1 online classCertification Preparation
Class prep courses for the Indiana wastewater and industrial exams.
3 online classesDrinking Water
Source water, treatment, filters, disinfection, distribution, wells and water math.
9 online classesMechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation
Pumps, motors, valves, instruments, SCADA and controls.
ComingCollection Systems
Collection system operation and maintenance.
ComingFree for operators
Calculators, troubleshooting guides and a training plant you can use today, no sign-up needed.
Operator Toolbox
36 calculator pages for process control, clarifiers, pumps, chemicals, the lab, solids, instruments and unit conversions, each with the formula and a worked example.
Open the toolboxTroubleshooting Center
Start from the symptom: 18 activated sludge guides and an interactive matrix that walk through what to check, likely causes and what to do next.
Start troubleshootingWhite River training plant
Meet the fictional 8.0 MGD plant used in our classes: its process, design data, permit limits and a month of operating data.
Tour the plantAlso free: the clarifier state point and RAS, gravity belt thickener, SVI and pounds per day tools with White River examples, and the practice quizzes.
Taught by an operator
Developed from real wastewater operations, process-control and troubleshooting experience.
Brad Musick has been superintendent of two Indiana advanced treatment plants, rated at 27 MGD and 24 MGD, and has held the highest wastewater operator certification in six states. He brings 45 years of wastewater experience into every class and has trained operators at hundreds of treatment plants across the United States and Canada.
Every lesson comes back to one question: what this actually means when you’re standing in front of the clarifier at 2:00 AM.
Certification prep
Class prep courses for the Indiana Class I and II, Class III and IV, and Industrial Class C and D exams, plus free practice quizzes and exam math tools. More states are coming.
Training at your plant
Prefer live training? We teach in person at your plant, built around your plant, or live over Microsoft Teams.
One plant-specific training package
Our live package has four parts: a plant-specific O&M manual written by operators for operators, the training itself, plant-specific training materials, and process control workbooks that are interactive and can be tied to SCADA.
Each part stands on its own, or combine all four.
Train your team at your plant
Besides being plant specific and much more meaningful, in-house classes from Wastewater Solutions, Inc. and Wastewater Academy™ (a WSI offering) bring live trainers to your team and leave you with a deck you can reuse.
Plant specific
Built around your plant, your equipment, your numbers and your problems, so it is much more meaningful than general training.
CEUs available where approved
In-house and online classes can carry CEUs where the class is approved for credit.
Live, great trainers
Live training from experienced, hands-on trainers who know plant operation.
Deck left behind
You keep a plant-specific training deck for future in-house training and for reference.
Online classes carry CEUs only where the class is approved for credit.
Results from our training
We have trained operators at hundreds of treatment plants. These are some of them.
Indiana, 10 MGD plant
We have trained here 26 of the last 29 years. Twelve operators went from few certified to all certified, seven at Class IV, and the plant placed 2nd in the state operator competition.
Indiana, 20 MGD plant
Operator training, O&M manual development, and process optimization.
Trinity River Authority, Texas
150+ MGD. Activated sludge control, selectors, and nutrient removal.
Need consulting, startup help or an O&M manual?
Wastewater Academy™ (a WSI offering) is the online training arm of Wastewater Solutions, Inc. For startup and commissioning, process and energy optimization, design reviews and O&M manuals, visit our consulting site.
Plan training for your plant
Tell us about your plant and your staff. We will talk through the classes and the training that fit.
Call 503-701-2766 or email help@ActivatedSludge.com.