Classes

Class time: 8 am - 5 pm (Day 1 & 2) and 8 am - 12 pm (Day 3) to ensure 20 hours of instruction.

TCEQ Course Code 0285:

This comprehensive Water Laboratory course is designed for water utility operators, laboratory personnel, and environmental professionals who perform or oversee drinking water analyses. The course provides a practical understanding of laboratory operations, analytical methods, quality assurance, and regulatory requirements necessary to produce accurate and defensible water quality data.

Participants will learn proper laboratory techniques, sampling procedures, analytical methodologies, and quality control practices used in drinking water laboratories. The course combines scientific principles with practical applications to help students understand how laboratory results are generated, interpreted, and used to support regulatory compliance and public health protection.

Through instructor-led discussions, demonstrations, calculations, and hands-on activities, students will explore the chemistry and microbiology of drinking water, laboratory safety practices, analytical instrumentation, and the procedures used to analyze common drinking water constituents.

This course is ideal for new laboratory personnel seeking foundational knowledge, as well as experienced operators and analysts looking to strengthen their understanding of laboratory procedures, troubleshooting techniques, and quality assurance requirements.

Completing this course provides continuing education credit for the following licenses: 

• 20-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Water Operators

TOPICS COVERED:

• Introduction to Water Quality Analysis
• Sampling and Sample Preservation
• Laboratory Equipment and Instrumentation
• Laboratory Safety and Chemical Handling
• Basic Chemistry and Laboratory Mathematics
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
• pH and Temperature Analysis
• Alkalinity and Hardness Testing
• Turbidity Analysis
• Chlorine Chemistry and Testing Methods
• Fundamentals of Microbiology
• Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate Analysis
• Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
• Iron, Manganese, Sulfate, and Fluoride Testing
• Laboratory Documentation and Regulatory Compliance
• Data Interpretation and Troubleshooting

Who Should Attend?

• Water Utility Operators
• Laboratory Technicians and Analysts
• Treatment Plant Personnel
• Environmental Compliance Staff
• Supervisors and Managers Responsible for Water Quality Programs

Instructional Method: Classroom instruction utilizing presentations, laboratory exercises, calculations, demonstrations, and practical examples based on real-world drinking water laboratory operations.

Students completing this course will gain a stronger understanding of laboratory science, analytical accuracy, quality control procedures, and the critical role laboratory data plays in protecting public health and maintaining regulatory compliance.

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