Overview
This package has been specially designed by PDHengineer.com to provide 10 PDH at a highly discounted price. And, if you Refer a PE, you can get a FREE 1 PDH Ethics course as well. You could save up to 38% on PDH credits guaranteed to be accepted by your state board.
The package consists of two of our most popular Environmental / Water Engineering courses in one easy-to-complete package that will earn 10 PDH.
Course 1 - Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring with Direct Push Technologies (4 PDH)
EPA confirmed nearly 3,000 new releases from underground storage tanks (USTs) during fiscal year 2010, bringing the cumulative total to 491,572 releases since 1984. Although progress has been made in cleaning these sites, over 96,000 of them still require remedial action. (Source: Semi-annual Report of UST Performance Measures, Mid Fiscal Year 2010, 3/31/2010.). These UST leaks pose a grave threat to human health and the environment by contaminating groundwater and soil. Consequently, detection of these contaminants in the subsurface is a crucial first-step toward protecting human health.
Despite ongoing reliance on traditional monitoring wells for in-situ measurement of soil and groundwater properties, direct push technology (DPT) offers a viable alternative for the same purpose. DPT refers to a growing family of tools used for performing subsurface investigations by driving, pushing, and/or vibrating small-diameter hollow steel rods into the ground. By attaching sampling tools to the end of the steel rods they can be used to collect soil, soil-gas, and groundwater samples. DPT rods can also be equipped with probes that provide continuous in-situ measurements of subsurface properties. Interest in understanding how DPT groundwater collection methods compare with traditional monitoring well sampling methods has steadily increased since the mid-1980s when DPT first started being used. Although environmental professionals recognize that DPT provide a cost-effective alternative to conventional approaches to subsurface sampling, some have been reluctant to use it for groundwater sampling because of uncertainty regarding the quality of samples that the technology can provide.
This course is intended for environmental engineers who are involved in site remediation, especially site characterization and monitoring.
The student must pass a twenty (20) question multiple choice quiz in order to receive PDH credit.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- DPT vs. conventional wells: pros and cons
- Point-in-time samplers
- DPT monitoring wells
- Specialized measurement and logging tools
- Sources of sample bias, such as turbidity
- Recommended methods for sample collection to minimize bias and contamination
- Sealing wells as a component of decommissioning
Course 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act (6 PDH)
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law focuses on all waters actually or potentially designed for drinking use, whether from above ground or underground sources.
The SDWA authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish minimum standards to protect tap water and requires all owners or operators of public water systems to comply with these primary (health-related) standards. Originally, the SDWA of 1974 focused primarily on treatment as the means of providing safe drinking water at the tap. The 1996 amendments greatly enhanced the existing law by recognizing source water protection, operator training, funding for water system improvements, and public information as important components of safe drinking water. This approach ensures the quality of drinking water by protecting it from source to tap.
State governments, which can be approved to implement these rules for EPA, also encourage attainment of secondary standards (nuisance-related). Under the Act, EPA also establishes minimum standards for state programs to protect underground sources of drinking water from endangerment by underground injection of fluids.
This course is intended for civil or environmental engineers involved with construction, repair, maintenance, or operation of public water systems. The focal content will be the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, which is the regulatory foundation for EPA and the States to enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act.
To earn PDH credits, the student must pass a quiz consisting of forty-five (45) multiple choice questions.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Statutory and regulatory information
- National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Standards
- Contaminant goals: MCLGs and MRDLGs
- Contaminant levels: MCLs and MRDLS
- Contaminant rules for arsenic, radionuclides, lead and copper, total coliforms, and disinfectants and disinfection byproducts
- Groundwater systems: triggered vs. compliance monitoring
- Surface water: unfiltered vs. filtered systems
- Monitoring and reporting requirements for various systems
- Consumer confidence reports
- Public notification requirements
- Underground Injection Control (UIC) program
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Course
Once you have purchased this course, you will find links to the individual course material and to the quizzes using the My Account Menu. Here are step-by-step directions:
- Click the My Account tab at the top right of any page to log in to your account.
- From the My Account Menu, select Courses Purchased But Not Completed.
- Locate the appropriate course title in the list and click the
View Course link.
- Please note that you must click the View Course link on the line for the actual course you wish to view (either Design of Small Water Systems or Potable Water: Filtration) and not the link located on the line indicating the entire package.
- To access the quiz, please follow the same procedure, except click Take Quiz instead of View Course.
*Savings percentage is based on normal price of 1 PDH course and includes the free Ethics course. Additional discounts cannot be applied to this special package price. Normal terms and conditions of the Refer a PE program apply. You may earn credit for the free course one time only. No substitutions are permitted.
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