Course Overview

This is the mandatory certificate renewal course (effective January 1, 2024) that must be completed every three years by drinking water operators holding Class I through IV, Water Quality Analyst and Limited System licences.
The material for this course has been designed utilizing the steps of the multibarrier approach.
Participants will learn the important role operators have in source water protection, the risks to source water and emerging issues challenging the quality of raw water sources in Ontario.
Effective treatment practices will be reviewed along with the minimum requirements outlined in the regulation for filtration and disinfection parameters.
Requirements for maintaining primary and secondary disinfection will be discussed, as well as best practices for mitigating lead and corrosion in the distribution system.
Effective monitoring will be discussed through best practices for meeting continuous monitoring and sampling requirements, and the regulatory requirements for recordkeeping.
This course also reviews the legal and ethical duties of operators, documentation to support compliance and what to expect during an MECP inspection.
Participants will be made aware of the top MECP inspection findings associated with each barrier and the importance of taking corrective actions based on these findings.

Target Audience

This course must be completed every three years by drinking water operators holding Class I through IV, Water Quality Analyst and Limited System licences. This course may also be of interest to supervisors, managers, regulatory personnel and consulting engineers.

 

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Course Trainer:

  Ted Joynt

Ted has over 37 years of experience at Water and Wastewater Treatment Class IV facilities, DWQMS, Emergency Preparedness/Response and Regulatory Compliance.  He holds a Class IV Drinking Water Operators Certificate, Class IV Wastewater Operators License, Class II Wastewater Collection System License and a Class 1 Water Distribution Certificate.  Ted is the Past Chair of the Public Affairs Committee Ontario Water Works Association, past Member of Water Environment Association Ontario Training Committee, has been awarded the AWWA (Ontario Section OWWA) Operator Meritorious Service Award 2011 and presented papers at OWWA, WEAO, EOWWA conferences.  Key projects include project manager for the construction of the Town of Smiths Falls new WTP,  project manager for a 4 ML CSO Tank Town of Smiths Falls WPCP and co-project manager for a Spillway Project in the Town of Smiths Falls.  His expertise is water treatment operations, acts and legislation, DWQMS internal auditing, risk assessment emergency preparedness, log book & notetaking, health & safety, process trouble shooting and standard of Care.  At his current position he is the Superintendent of Utilities (water/wastewater treatment) for the Town of Smiths Falls, ORO of the Municipality of Cramahe and relief ORO for the Village of Westport.  He is a member of CWWA, OMWA, AWWA, OWWA, WEF, WEAO, EOWWA, and sits on the OnWarn Steering Committee.