2023 UMass Water Academy: Institute in Drinking Water Treatment

The Institute in Drinking Water Treatment for 2023 is scheduled for August 21-23, with an optional advanced treatment day on August 24th.

The event will be held at the Hotel Northampton, where they have a block of rooms reserved (ask for the UMass event or the UMass Water event). The registration cost is $1,200 for the 3-day Institute, or $1,400 for all four days. Registration is now open, and you can register through this website: https://quikpayasp.com/umass/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=CIE_1. Note that for security, you'll need to first enter your email address and then input the code that is emailed to you. 

Course Objectives:

To present the fundamentals of drinking water treatment processes, new developments in drinking water treatment, apply course materials to existing and proposed drinking water requirements, and to illustrate applications of principles and practice using pilot-scale plant and full-scale plant case studies.

3-Day Basic Course Topics:

• Regulations
• Particulate Matter & Turbidity
• Organic Constituents:
  • Natural Organic Matter
  • Micropollutants
• Coagulation
• Clarification:
  • Gravity Settling
  • Dissolved Air Flotation
• Media Filtration
• MF/UF Membrane Filtration
• Air Stripping
• Ozonation
• Iron & Manganese Control
• DBPs in Distribution Systems
• Pb/Cu Chemistry & Control
• UV Disinfection & AOPs
• Measurements:
  • Chemical / Physical
• Conceptual Design
• Climate Change Impacts
• Case Studies

1-Day Advanced Course Topics:

• Types of challenging and emerging contaminants
• Options for controlling emerging contaminants
• Advanced Oxidation Processes
• Ion Exchange
• Activated Carbon Adsorption
• Saltwater chemistry
• Desalting Membrane Treatment
• Control of algal toxins and perfluorinated compounds
• Case Studies

Contact's name: Nick Tooker

Contact's phone: 413-313-6217

Contact's email: @email