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One Day Interactive Seminar on Water Quality Awareness and Distribution System Management

Join other water industry operators in a One Day Interactive Seminar on Water Quality Awareness and Distribution System Management to be held in Hobart

Rydges Hobart
Corner Argyle & Lewis Street, North Hobart.

Date Thursday 17th May 2012

PDFREGISTRATION FORM

 

REGISTRATION FEES

WIOA individual member:
$154.00 per person (GST inc.)
Non-WIOA member:
$187.00 per person (GST inc.)

Find out how to become a WIOA member

Preliminary Program ( subject to change)

8.00am Registation
Distribution system, public health and water quality awareness
• Distribution system and public health
• Aims of a water supply system
• Pathogens and chemicals
• Pathogen management
• Filters and disinfection
• Distribution
• ADWG framework
- Control points, target objectives, critical limits and corrective action
- Distribution system targets
• Operator responsibilities
10.30am Morning tea
  How can pathogens get into the distribution system and what do we need to do about it?
• Catchment
• Storages
• Repairs, maintenance and installations
• Backflow
• Cross connections
• Hydrants
Disinfection
• Brief history
• Process of disinfection
- Chlorination
- Chloramination
• Management of chloraminated and chlorinated systems
• Monitoring
12.30pm Lunch
  Repairs tappings and new mains
• Objectives
• Sanitary work procedures
- Options
• Interventions without loss of pressure
• Interventions with loss of pressure
• Disinfection of mains and tanks
• Management of discharged water
System cleaning
• Why clean
• Drought and ceaning
• Indicators for cleaning
• Flushing
- Reactive
- Proactive, unidirectional
• Air scouring
• Swabbing
• Comparisons and costs
• Frequency of cleaning
• Monitoring of cleaning
• System storages
Optimisation of distribution system
• Know the system
• Prevent contamination
• Minimise detention time
• Optimise disinfection
• Maintain and manage residuals (chlorine and chloramine)
• Balance residuals
• Residual trim
Final questions and answers
4.00pm Finish

Further information
Further information can be obtained by contacting info@wioa.org.au or phone 03 5821 6744.

Last updated on 09-May-2012

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