Potable Water – Treatment Processes & Legal Drivers
- Course focuses on water legislation, quality standards, and treatment processes.
- Participants learn about environmental responsibilities and legal liabilities.
- Emphasis on achieving quality targets and compliance with regulations.
- Course covers traditional and innovative water treatment methods.
- Participants gain knowledge on sustainability, water re-use, and legal implications.
Overview
This 2-day course focuses on water legislation, quality standards, treatment processes, and environmental responsibilities. Participants will learn about legal frameworks, liabilities, treatment methods, sustainability, and emerging risks to water quality. The course aims to enhance understanding of water contamination threats, technology selection, legal implications, and best practices in water treatment. Participants will also gain knowledge of UK legislation, international treaties, and environmental directives related to water quality and sustainability.
Who should attend
Water Quality Managers
Course Content
Course duration: 2 Days
Cost: £650 + VAT
Programme
Day 1
Session 1
Introduction and setting the scene
The general legal framework for water legislation and water quality standards.
Water directives and regulations.
Session 2
Reducing hazards
Selecting water treatment processes – current thinking
Addressing environmental responsibilities for water
History of standards, WHO and EC directives
Session 3
Liabilities
The role of Regulators: Drinking Water Inspectorate; Environment Agency, etc
Achieving the required quality targets
Compliance sampling and control
Session 4
The aquatic environment
Water Resources Act 1991
Customs, purity and pollution
Health & Safety
Day 2
Session 1
Treatment
Generic/traditional methods
Consents to discharge
Session 2
Innovative solutions
Conservation and careful husbandry of potable water supplies
Carbon based; Ion Exchange; Ozonation; Muti-media filtration
Session 3
New developments and liabilities
Disinfectant by-products
Pesticide removal
emerging pathogens
Legal claims from negligence/nuisance and statutory offences
Session 4
Sustainable supplies
UK statutory requirements for sustainability embodied within the Environment Act 95
Water re-use and recycling
Municipal wastewater as a reliable and stable sources of water
The reductionist view to sustainability
Objectives
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Appreciate the threats to water quality
Recognise current treatment processes
Understand the impact of contamination
Understand the extensive liabilities and responsibilities
Identify appropriate technology
Understand the liability for environmental damage leading to criminal charges and civil litigation
Recall the relevant UK Legislation, International treaties and EC directives
Identify new risks and threats to water quality
Identify best practice in water treatment
Perceive water as a renewable resource
Understand the legal implications of an ever increasing water demand
Recognise the sociological barriers to wastewater re-use
