Online Wastewater Education Network

AWT Operator Certification Prep

Welcome advanced treatment operators! CWEA is proud to present this curated list of certification prep modules produced by top industry experts.

AWTO

  • AWTO Training: Overview of Advanced Water Treatment Technologies and Regulations - On Demand
    Includes Credits

    This exploration of Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) certification topics is concerned primarily with presenting an overview of the processes associated with this technology.

    Member: $50.00
    Non-Member: $70.00

    CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's, ECI  & LAB certifications.
    .02 contact hours towards Waste Water 

    Webinar Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    This exploration of Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) certification topics is concerned primarily with presenting an overview of the processes associated with this technology. Definitions of the processes and technologies are the center piece in this presentation. Some of the uses and reasons that AWT is becoming a treatment process of choice will be presented along with the regulations that are guiding the adoption of the technology.  In this presentation, attendees are asked to bring their questions and experiences, and share them with the group.  This course is hopefully a sharing of experiences and ideas concerning AWT and an exchange of information. 

    After completion of this webinar, you should be able to:
    • List wastewater reuse water uses 
    • Identify water sources for advanced water treatment applications
    • Identify regulatory rules and framework for advanced water treatment trains
    • Identify critical control points in advanced water treatment and their purpose 
    • Compare and contrast an overview of advanced water treatment processes and instrumentation associated with these technologies 

    I. Introduction 
        A. Water sources
        B. Regulatory framework for advanced water treatment processes
         C. Wastewater reuse water uses
            1) Irrigation 
            2) Aquifer recharge 
            3) Indirect potable reuse (IPR)
            4) Direct potable reuse (DPR)
            5) Water quality regulations associated with reclaimed water
    II. Overview of Advanced Water Treatment Processes
         A. Overview of process characteristics 
         B. Overview of advanced water treatment trains 
         C. Overview of critical control points in advanced water treatment trains 
         D. Overview of instrumentation and controls used in advance water treatment trains (SCADA 
              system)
         E. Critical Control Points (CCP)
             1) Multiple barriers approach to ensuring water quality of effluent   
     

    John Rowe

    Process Engineer

    John was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

    Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's certification: AWTO, ECI and LAB.  It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

    For programs that are one hour or less:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter this code in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    For programs that are more than one hour:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check code(s), you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.

  • AWTO Training: Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis for Operators Part 1 - On Demand
    Includes Credits

    This exploration of Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) certification topics is concerned primarily with presenting an overview of the processes associated with this technology.

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    Member: $50.00
    Non-Member: $70.00

    CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA ECI, AWTO Certifications

    This is the second Webinar in a series that describes Advanced Water Treatment processes primarily associated with wastewater reuse.  

    The webinar will cover membrane processes that are used in advanced water treatment, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and reverse osmosis. The webinar will highlight process description, descriptions of the membranes, monitoring strategies used in these treatment processes, process parameters, instrumentation, and critical control points. 

    The overall goal is to provide operators with the information needed to be able to understand why certain conditions in the treatment processes occur. 

    This webinar, along with experience and additional training, may prepare you for the Advanced Water Treatment Operator® Grade 3 certification exam.

    After completing the webinars, you should be able to:

    • Distinguish among various membrane treatment processes in terms of performance range and O & M procedures 
    • Describe microfiltration (MF)/ultrafiltration (UF) processes
    • Identify critical control points for microfiltration/ultrafiltration processes 
    • Describe reverse osmosis (RO) processes
    • Identify critical control points for reverse osmosis processes
    • Compare and contrast instrumentation systems associated with membrane technologies 
    • Define performance parameters of membrane processes such as flux, recovery, permeability, and rejection 
    • Outline residual disposal and associated regulatory requirements

    ABOUT AWTO®  CERTIFICATION

    Drinking water, wastewater or water reuse operators working at facilities using advanced water treatment technologies and related control processes may be interested in earning the new, voluntary AWT Operator (AWTO®) Certification.

    AWT Operators protect public health by ensuring a supply of safe and high-quality drinking water from advanced water reuse facilities.

    Operators who currently hold a Grade 3 certification for Wastewater Treatment Operator or Water Treatment Operator in California or Nevada are eligible to apply for the AWT3 exam. Be sure to download and read the candidate handbook at AWTOperator.org.

    Photo by CWEA.

    John Rowe (Moderator)

    Process Engineer

    John was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

    Dr. Fred Gerringer

    West Region Water Reuse Practice Leader

    Hazen and Sawyer

    Dr. Fred Gerringer serves as Hazen and Sawyer’s West Region Water Reuse Practice Leader. He has over 20 years experience working in the public and private sectors on water reuse, drinking water, and wastewater projects throughout California. He has managed projects at all stages of development, from initial planning and pilot testing through design and construction.

    Dr. Gerringer was a member of the committee that developed the AWWA CA-NV and CWEA Advanced Water Treatment Operator Certification Program and is the current president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the WateReuse Association.

    Troy Walker

    Water Reuse Practice Leader and Membrane Technology Leader

    Hazen and Sawyer

    Troy Walker is the Water Reuse Practice Leader  and Membrane Technology Leader for Hazen and Sawyer. He has over 25 years experience in the piloting, design and operation of an advanced water treatment system for potable reuse having worked on projects in his native Australia, Asia and the United States. He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

    Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's certifications ECI, AWTO.  It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

    For programs that are one hour or less:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter this code in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    For programs that are more than one hour:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check code(s), you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.

  • AWTO Training: Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis for Operators Part 2 - On Demand
    Includes Credits

    This exploration of Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) certification topics is concerned primarily with presenting an overview of the processes associated with this technology.

    image

    Member: $50.00
    Non-Member: $70.00

    CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA ECI, AWTO Certifications

    This is the second Webinar in a series that describes Advanced Water Treatment processes primarily associated with wastewater reuse.  

    The webinar will cover membrane processes that are used in advanced water treatment, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and reverse osmosis. The webinar will highlight process description, descriptions of the membranes, monitoring strategies used in these treatment processes, process parameters, instrumentation, and critical control points. 

    The overall goal is to provide operators with the information needed to be able to understand why certain conditions in the treatment processes occur. 

    This webinar, along with experience and additional training, may prepare you for the Advanced Water Treatment Operator® Grade 3 certification exam.

    After completing the webinars, you should be able to:

    • Distinguish among various membrane treatment processes in terms of performance range and O & M procedures 
    • Describe microfiltration (MF)/ultrafiltration (UF) processes
    • Identify critical control points for microfiltration/ultrafiltration processes 
    • Describe reverse osmosis (RO) processes
    • Identify critical control points for reverse osmosis processes
    • Compare and contrast instrumentation systems associated with membrane technologies 
    • Define performance parameters of membrane processes such as flux, recovery, permeability, and rejection 
    • Outline residual disposal and associated regulatory requirements

    ABOUT AWTO®  CERTIFICATION

    Drinking water, wastewater or water reuse operators working at facilities using advanced water treatment technologies and related control processes may be interested in earning the new, voluntary AWT Operator (AWTO®) Certification.

    AWT Operators protect public health by ensuring a supply of safe and high-quality drinking water from advanced water reuse facilities.

    Operators who currently hold a Grade 3 certification for Wastewater Treatment Operator or Water Treatment Operator in California or Nevada are eligible to apply for the AWT3 exam. Be sure to download and read the candidate handbook at AWTOperator.org.

    Photo by Adobe stock.

    John Rowe (Moderator)

    Process Engineer

    John was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

    Dr. Fred Gerringer

    West Region Water Reuse Practice Leader

    Hazen and Sawyer

    Dr. Fred Gerringer serves as Hazen and Sawyer’s West Region Water Reuse Practice Leader. He has over 20 years experience working in the public and private sectors on water reuse, drinking water, and wastewater projects throughout California. He has managed projects at all stages of development, from initial planning and pilot testing through design and construction.

    Dr. Gerringer was a member of the committee that developed the AWWA CA-NV and CWEA Advanced Water Treatment Operator Certification Program and is the current president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the WateReuse Association.

    Troy Walker

    Water Reuse Practice Leader and Membrane Technology Leader

    Hazen and Sawyer

    Troy Walker is the Water Reuse Practice Leader  and Membrane Technology Leader for Hazen and Sawyer. He has over 25 years experience in the piloting, design and operation of an advanced water treatment system for potable reuse having worked on projects in his native Australia, Asia and the United States. He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

    Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI & AWTO certifications.  It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

    For programs that are one hour or less:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter this code in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    For programs that are more than one hour:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check code(s), you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.

  • AWTO Training: Advanced Disinfection and Chemical Reduction Technologies: Part 4 - On Demand
    Includes Credits

    These are the fourth and fifth webinars that describe Advanced Water Treatment processes associated with water reuse. These are two-day presentations on January 10 and 13.

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    Member: $50.00

    Non-Member: $70.00

    Webinar Timing: 2Hrs.

    CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA, EIT,  AWTO Certifications

    Ozone and Biofiltration

    This webinar will cover ozone and biofiltration processes that are used in the advanced treatment of reclaimed water. The webinar will highlight the individual technologies and the combined use of these two technologies. It will include treatment components, monitoring strategies, process parameters, instrumentation, and critical control points.

    This webinar, along with experience and additional training, may prepare you for the Advanced Water Treatment Operator® Grade 3 certification exam.

    After completing the webinars, you should be able to:

    Understand the impact of feed water quality on performance efficiency
    Describe the ozone and biofiltration processes
    Identify critical control points
    Compare and contrast instrumentation and control systems
    Define performance parameters such as dose, flux, and empty bed contact time

    ABOUT AWTO®  CERTIFICATION

    Drinking water, wastewater or water reuse operators working at facilities using advanced water treatment technologies and related control processes may be interested in earning the new, voluntary AWT Operator (AWTO®) Certification.

    AWT Operators protect public health by ensuring a supply of safe and high-quality drinking water from advanced water reuse facilities.

    Operators who currently hold a Grade 3 certification for Wastewater Treatment Operator or Water Treatment Operator in California or Nevada are eligible to apply for the AWT3 exam. Be sure to download and read the candidate handbook at AWTOperator.org.

    Photo by Adobe stock.

    John Rowe (Moderator)

    Process Engineer

    John was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

    Eva Steinle-Darling

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers

    Eva Steinle-Darling is a Vice President and Principal Technologist with Carollo Engineers. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she studied the removal of PFAS using nanofiltration membranes. Her work with Carollo focuses on advanced water treatment and reuse, including research, planning, feasibility studies, and design. Eva is leading Carollo's efforts to address clients' needs in responding to PFAS contamination in drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water. She also is working on several of Carollo’s Water Research Foundation projects in which she is looking at, among many other things, the removal of PFAS through advanced treatment.

    Alan Domonoske

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers

    Alan has 29 years of environmental consulting experience focused primarily on municipal drinking water treatment design, construction and operations. He manages Carollo’s Salt Lake City office and is one of Carollo’s ozone process leads. Alan has ozone design and operations experience at drinking water facilities, full scale potable reuse facilities, and DPR demonstration facilities, and has lead AWT training session for ozone. Alan is a licensed engineer and former Certified Grade IV Water Treatment Plant Operator in Utah.

    Jennifer Nyfennegger

    Associate Vice President

    Associate Vice President, Carollo Engineers

    Jennifer has 15 years of environmental consulting experience in water and wastewater treatment.  She is a principal technologist and one of Carollo’s biofiltration leads focused on reuse and drinking water applications. Jennifer has experience with applied research, design, and operational monitoring of biofilters including direct potable reuse demonstration studies. She is a licensed engineer in Florida.

    Andy Salveson

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers, Inc.

    Andy has 29 years of environmental consulting experience serving public and private-sector clients in the research and design of water and wastewater treatment systems. He serves as Carollo’s Chief Technologist for Water Reuse and is a nationally recognized expert in water reuse and disinfection. Andy provides guidance and expertise on state-of-the-art technologies on the latest industry issues regarding reuse, leading numerous planning, design, and research projects for various organizations, utilities, and corporations. Andy is a licensed engineer in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawaii.

    Harold Wright

    Vice President, Chief Technologist UV

    Carollo Engineers

    Harold has 30 years’ experience focusing on the applications of UV technologies for drinking water and wastewater disinfection, and potable and non-potable reuse. Harold was a primary author for the USEPA’s UV Disinfection Guidance Manual, Principal Investigator for ten UV project for the Water Research Foundation, and developed the Portland UV Validation Test Facility. Harold is the UV specialist for UV system design and implementation projects across the country at flows up to 600 mgd.

    Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's AWTO & EIT certifications.  It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

    For programs that are one hour or less:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter this code in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    For programs that are more than one hour:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check code(s), you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.

  • AWTO Training: Advanced Disinfection and Chemical Reduction Technologies: Part 5 - On Demand
    Includes Credits

    These are the fourth and fifth webinars that describe Advanced Water Treatment processes associated with water reuse. These are two-day presentations on January 10 and 13.

    image

    Member: $50.00
    Non-Member: $70.00

    Webinar Timing: 2Hrs.

    CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA AWTO, EIT Certifications

    Granular Activated Carbon and Ultraviolet Advanced Oxidation Process

    This webinar will cover granular activated carbon (GAC) ultraviolet advanced oxidation (UV AOP) processes that are used in the advanced treatment of reclaimed water. The webinar will highlight the individual technologies and the combined use of these two technologies. It will include treatment components, monitoring strategies, process parameters, instrumentation, and critical control points. 

    This webinar, along with experience and additional training, may prepare you for the Advanced Water Treatment Operator® Grade 3 certification exam.

    rs, you should be able to:

    After completing the webinar, you should be able to:

    Understand the impact of feed water quality on performance efficiency
    Describe the GAC and UV AOP processes
     Identify critical control points
    Compare and contrast instrumentation and control systems
    Define performance parameters such as dose, UV transmittance,  and empty bed contact time

    ABOUT AWTO®  CERTIFICATION

    Drinking water, wastewater or water reuse operators working at facilities using advanced water treatment technologies and related control processes may be interested in earning the new, voluntary AWT Operator (AWTO®) Certification.

    AWT Operators protect public health by ensuring a supply of safe and high-quality drinking water from advanced water reuse facilities.

    Operators who currently hold a Grade 3 certification for Wastewater Treatment Operator or Water Treatment Operator in California or Nevada are eligible to apply for the AWT3 exam. Be sure to download and read the candidate handbook at AWTOperator.org.

    Photo by Paul Cockrell.

    John Rowe (Moderator)

    Process Engineer

    John was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

    Eva Steinle-Darling

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers

    Eva Steinle-Darling is a Vice President and Principal Technologist with Carollo Engineers. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she studied the removal of PFAS using nanofiltration membranes. Her work with Carollo focuses on advanced water treatment and reuse, including research, planning, feasibility studies, and design. Eva is leading Carollo's efforts to address clients' needs in responding to PFAS contamination in drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water. She also is working on several of Carollo’s Water Research Foundation projects in which she is looking at, among many other things, the removal of PFAS through advanced treatment.

    Alan Domonoske

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers

    Alan has 29 years of environmental consulting experience focused primarily on municipal drinking water treatment design, construction and operations. He manages Carollo’s Salt Lake City office and is one of Carollo’s ozone process leads. Alan has ozone design and operations experience at drinking water facilities, full scale potable reuse facilities, and DPR demonstration facilities, and has lead AWT training session for ozone. Alan is a licensed engineer and former Certified Grade IV Water Treatment Plant Operator in Utah.

    Jennifer Nyfennegger

    Associate Vice President

    Associate Vice President, Carollo Engineers

    Jennifer has 15 years of environmental consulting experience in water and wastewater treatment.  She is a principal technologist and one of Carollo’s biofiltration leads focused on reuse and drinking water applications. Jennifer has experience with applied research, design, and operational monitoring of biofilters including direct potable reuse demonstration studies. She is a licensed engineer in Florida.

    Andy Salveson

    Vice President

    Carollo Engineers, Inc.

    Andy has 29 years of environmental consulting experience serving public and private-sector clients in the research and design of water and wastewater treatment systems. He serves as Carollo’s Chief Technologist for Water Reuse and is a nationally recognized expert in water reuse and disinfection. Andy provides guidance and expertise on state-of-the-art technologies on the latest industry issues regarding reuse, leading numerous planning, design, and research projects for various organizations, utilities, and corporations. Andy is a licensed engineer in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawaii.

    Harold Wright

    Vice President, Chief Technologist UV

    Carollo Engineers

    Harold has 30 years’ experience focusing on the applications of UV technologies for drinking water and wastewater disinfection, and potable and non-potable reuse. Harold was a primary author for the USEPA’s UV Disinfection Guidance Manual, Principal Investigator for ten UV project for the Water Research Foundation, and developed the Portland UV Validation Test Facility. Harold is the UV specialist for UV system design and implementation projects across the country at flows up to 600 mgd.

    Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's AWTO & EIT certifications.  It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

    For programs that are one hour or less:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter this code in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    For programs that are more than one hour:  to receive your contact hours for viewing the program, two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the program in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the "Attention Check Code" component under the "Contents" tab.

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check code(s), you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.

Please note: CWEA is careful to separate its education and training activities from its certification program to ensure that no conflict of interest exists. Any educational materials or trainings that are designed to prepare candidates for an exam are developed and conducted by individuals that do not have access to the exams.

California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) and the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) jointly manage the AWT Operator certification program. AWTO® is a registered trademark of CA-NV AWWA and CWEA. The candidate handbook and exam content are the exclusive property of CA-NV AWWA and CWEA, downloaded material is governed by our confidentiality agreement.

© CA-NV AWWA and CWEA

Photo credit: header image by Paul Cockrell