Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11

Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11 ensures personnel have the information they need to understand each process, make informed process control decisions, and recognize the basic requirements of preventive maintenance and troubleshooting.

Water resource recovery facility operators and maintenance staff are responsible for the protection of the environment and public health by ensuring excellent process control and equipment function. The processes and equipment used at these facilities are very complex and require continuous training. Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11, ensures that these critical personnel have the information they need to understand each process, make informed process control decisions, and recognize the basic requirements of preventive maintenance and troubleshooting.

Standards for Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, WEF 11 includes

Liquid Treatment
Solids Treatment
Process Performance Improvements
Fundamentals of Management
Permit Compliance and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Industrial Wastes and Pretreatment
Safety
Management Information Systems –Reports and Records
Process Instrumentation
Pumping of Wastewater and Sludge
Chemical Storage, Handling, and Feeding
Utilities
Maintenance
Odor Control
Integrated Process Management
Training
Outsourced Operations Services and Public/Private Partnership

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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Regulatory Considerations
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Management
Chapter 4 Pretreatment Program Requirements for Industrial Wastewater
Chapter 5 Safety
Chapter 6 Management Information Systems—Reports and Records
Chapter 7 Instrumentation and Control
Chapter 8 Pumping of Wastewater and Sludge
Chapter 9 Chemical Storage, Handling, and Feeding
Chapter 10 Electrical Distribution Systems
Chapter 11 Utilities
Chapter 12 Maintenance
Chapter 13 Odor Control
Chapter 14 Integrated Process Management
Chapter 15 Outsourced Operations Services and Public–Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 Training
Chapter 17 Characterization and Sampling of Wastewater
Chapter 18 Preliminary Treatment
Chapter 19 Primary Treatment
Chapter 20 Activated Sludge
Chapter 21 Trickling Filters, Rotating Biological Contactors, and Integrated Treatment
Chapter 22 Biological Nutrient Removal Processes
Chapter 23 Natural Biological Processes
Chapter 24 Physical–Chemical Treatment
Chapter 25 Process Performance Improvements
Chapter 26 Effluent Disinfection
Chapter 27 Solids Management
Chapter 28 Characterization and Sampling of Residuals
Chapter 29 Thickening
Chapter 30 Anaerobic Digestion
Chapter 31 Aerobic Digestion
Chapter 32 Additional Stabilization Methods
Chapter 33 Dewatering

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