Operational Process Control in Water Treatment: Managing Critical Control Points for Water Quality
Process Optimisation and Regulatory Compliance
Discover how Operational Process Control in Water Treatment: Managing Critical Control Points for Water Quality, Process Optimisation and Regulatory Compliance
- Online – Microsoft Teams
- 12 – 13 August 2026
- 2 CPD Points
- Price : R 8 999.00
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
Understand operational process control principles
Apply risk-based process management
Identify Critical Control Points throughout a treatment plant
Optimise coagulation and flocculation processes
Improve sedimentation performance
Improve regulatory compliance
Improve plant efficiency
Improve finished water quality
Fundamentals of Operational Process Control
- Introduction to operational process control
- Principles of drinking water treatment
- Objectives of process control
- The Multiple Barrier Approach
- Conventional water treatment processes
- Operational control versus regulatory compliance
- Water Safety Plans and operational management
- Understanding process variability
- Process reliability and operational performance
- Roles and responsibilities of plant operators and process controllers
Water Quality and Process Monitoring
- Water quality fundamentals
- Physical, chemical and microbiological parameters
- Operational monitoring versus compliance monitoring
- Online instrumentation and laboratory monitoring
- Sampling principles and sampling locations
- Data recording and interpretation
- Trending and statistical analysis
- Early warning indicators
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for treatment plants
Risk Assessment and Critical Control Points
- Principles of risk management
- Hazard identification
- Risk assessment methodologies
- Critical Control Point (CCP) methodology
- Determining Critical Control Points
- Establishing Critical Limits
- Monitoring Critical Control Points
- Verification and validation
- Corrective and preventive actions
- Documentation and record keeping
Raw Water Assessment
- Surface water characteristics
- Groundwater characteristics
- Seasonal water quality variations
- Turbidity
- Colour
- Organic matter
- Algae
- Iron and manganese
- pH and alkalinity
- Temperature effects
- Raw water monitoring
- Source water protection
Coagulation and Flocculation Optimisation
- Principles of coagulation
- Coagulant chemistry
- Aluminium and ferric coagulants
- Polymer applications
- pH optimisation
- Alkalinity control
- Rapid mixing
- Flocculation principles
- Jar testing
- Chemical dose optimisation
- Process monitoring
- Common operational problems
- Troubleshooting coagulation failures
Sedimentation and Clarification
- Principles of sedimentation
- Clarifier design and operation
- Hydraulic loading
- Surface overflow rates
- Sludge blanket management
- Short-circuiting
- Sludge removal
- Performance optimisation
- Clarifier monitoring
- Operational troubleshooting
Filtration Process Control
- Principles of filtration
- Filter media characteristics
- Filter loading rates
- Headloss development
- Filter ripening
- Turbidity breakthrough
- Filter-to-waste procedures
- Backwashing optimisation
- Air scour systems
- Filter performance monitoring
- Common filter failures
- Troubleshooting filtration problems
Disinfection and CT Management
- Principles of water disinfection
- Chlorination chemistry
- Breakpoint chlorination
- Chlorine demand
- Residual chlorine management
- CT concepts and calculations
- Contact time requirements
- Disinfection by-products
- Alternative disinfection technologies
- Monitoring disinfection performance
- Optimising chlorine dosing
Storage and Distribution Integrity
- Reservoir management
- Water storage systems
- Distribution system integrity
- Maintaining disinfectant residuals
- Pressure management
- Cross-connections
- Biofilm development
- Water age
- Distribution monitoring
- Preventing contamination
- Distribution system risk management
Process Troubleshooting and Incident Management
- Principles of process troubleshooting
- Root cause analysis
- Incident investigation
- Process deviation management
- Emergency response procedures
- Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Incident reporting
- Operational decision making
- Case study investigations
- Lessons learned and continuous improvement
Plant Optimisation and Continuous Improvement
- Process optimisation principles
- Performance benchmarking
- Chemical optimisation
- Energy efficiency
- Asset reliability
- Operational excellence
- Key performance indicators
- Continuous improvement methodologies
- Developing operational improvement plans
- Preparing an Operational Process Control Plan