Water/Wastewater Technology - Linn - Benton Community College

Water/Wastewater Technology from Linn - Benton Community College is a Campus Certificate Water Resources Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Water treatment facilities treat water to make safe drinking water for the public. Water treatment plant operators have the responsibility for operation and maintenance of the water treatment plant and water distribution system. Wastewater treatment facilities remove pollutants from wastewater to make it safe to discharge into the environment. Wastewater treatment plant operators have the responsibility for operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant and the wastewater collections system. Water and wastewater treatment plant operators control both biological and chemical plant operations, monitor and maintain equipment, perform laboratory tests and prepare reports for regulatory agencies. Treatment plant operators must have a working knowledge of plant operations, treatment equipment, chemistry, microbiology, mathematics and computer applications. LBCC's Water and Wastewater Technology offers a one-year certificate program in Water/Wastewater Plant Operations. The program cover all phases of water sources and treatment , water distribution, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, and industrial applications, and both prepare graduates for employment as water or wastewater treatment plant operators. Students with one-year certificates can find good jobs as entry-level water and wastewater treatment plant operators. The two-year program, which is more in depth, qualifies graduates for jobs as engineering technicians , representatives for equipment manufacturers, and as operators for industrial treatment systems, giving them more advancement potential and greater mobility. View more details on Linn - Benton Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Water Resources Engineering courses.