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Professional online courses, wastewater certification review classes, practice exams, and study materials for water and wastewater operators.

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Approved Environment, Inc. helps water and wastewater professionals maintain their licenses, strengthen plant-operating knowledge, and prepare for certification examinations. Courses include practical explanations, diagrams, photographs, and treatment-plant applications you can study at your own pace.

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Certification Practice Exams

Practice multiple-choice questions and prepare for your state wastewater certification exam.

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Wastewater Review Book

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Continuing Education Packages

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Wastewater Certification Review Classes

Prepare for municipal, industrial, activated sludge, laboratory, and mathematics-related certification topics. These review classes may also provide continuing education credit where approved.

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Individual One-Hour Courses

Order individual courses and pay as you go. Each listed course provides one contact hour. Click a course title to read its description and registration information.

Course types: W = Water, WW = Wastewater, WD = Well Driller, PI = Pump Installer. Log in to one course at a time; completion dates and times are recorded on the certificate.

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CourseCategoryTypeCreditPrice
Activated Sludge ITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Activated Sludge IITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Aerobic and Anaerobic Sludge DigestionTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Ammonia, pH and ChlorineTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Air Stripping and Carbon AdsorptionGeneralW & WW1 hour$20
BOD, DO and CODTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Biological Nitrogen RemovalTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Biochemical Oxygen Demand Concept and TreatmentTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Chemistry I/Water ChemistryTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Chemistry II/The Periodic TableTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Clarifiers OptimizationTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Disinfection by ChlorineTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Drinking Water ProductionTechnicalWater Only1 hour$20
FiltrationTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Final Effluent ITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Final Effluent IITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Industrial Waste Treatment ITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Industrial Waste Treatment IITechnicalWW1 hour$20
Laboratory Procedures For Plant ControlTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Laboratory Terms, Equipment and SamplingTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Maintenance I/Boiler Feed WaterGeneralW & WW1 hour$20
Maintenance II/PumpsTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Membrane TechnologyTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Multiple Choice QuestionsTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Odor ControlGeneralW & WW1 hour$20
Operation and Control of a Wastewater Treatment PlantTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Ozone DisinfectionTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Parasites and PathogensTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Primary TreatmentTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Removing Metals from WastewaterTechnicalWW1 hour$20
SafetyGeneralW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Settleability and Loss of SolidsTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Sludge Stabilization Versus Sludge ConditioningTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Solids DewateringTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Solids Handling Alternatives/CentrifugationTechnicalWW1 hour$20
The MicrolifeTechnicalW & WW WD PI1 hour$20
Trickling Filters and RBCsTechnicalWW1 hour$20
UV DisinfectionTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Understanding Wastewater MathematicsTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Wastewater Mathematics Practice ProblemsTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Wastewater Preliminary TreatmentTechnicalWW1 hour$20
H1 N1 FluGeneralWater Only1 hour$20
Waste Disposal ManagementGeneralWW1 hour$20
Environment and Health in Developing CountriesGeneralW & WW1 hour$20
Oxidation DitchesTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Ground Water and WellsTechnicalW & WD PI1 hour$20
Sequencing Batch Recators (SBRs)TechnicalWW1 hour$20
Package PlantsTechnicalWW1 hour$20
Basic MathematicsTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20
Advanced MathematicsTechnicalW & WW1 hour$20

Wastewater Certification Review Textbook

$75 plus shipping and handling. The complete review book is designed to help operators prepare for wastewater certification examinations.

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