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Water and Wastewater Fundamentals Acronyms and Terms

Water and Wastewater Fundamentals Glossary of Acronyms and Terms

Every industry, field and discipline has its language, including acronyms. The following glossary provides a guide to the terminology of the water and wastewater industries. It has been compiled from various sources and is in no way complete. The Atlantic Water and Wastewater Association (ACWWA) provides this glossary free of charge to assist operators in their studies. Please address any corrections in writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This document will be periodically updated.

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ACWWA Courses

ACWWA provides technical training and education courses as follows:

■ Small System seminars (typically one day)

■ Management courses (one to two days)

■ Education courses (four days) on:

■ Water Distribution

■ Water Treatment

■ Wastewater Collection

■ Wastewater Treatment

Online Courses

ACWWA has collaborated with the BCWWA, MTS and MPWWA to extend their training offerings to our members in Atlantic Canada.

The online content covers the same material as the in-class course, and earns the same number of continuing education units (CEUs).

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Can I complete the course at my own pace?

Yes, for the majority of the time you set the pace. You decide when you want to view the presentations and complete the course work. However, every course has an end date and you are expected to have competed all reading and assignments by the time the course closes. If you do not complete the course work on-time, you will not be eligible to receive CEU credits.

Webinars

DID YOU KNOW?

ACWWA has recently partnered with the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association (ISAWWA) to provide archived webinars.

ISAWWA records all its webinars and most are made available to ACWWA as Archived Webinars.

The Archived Webinars are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you can start and stop them whenever you like.

ISAWWA has recently revamped all of their webinar offerings, providing a quiz for each webinar allowing credits to be issued. You can view the available webinars at the following URL;

https://www.isawwa.org/page/ArchivedWebinars

If you are interested in one of these webinars please contact ACWWA at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make arrangements.

We are currently updating our course selection software. Once that is complete, you will once again be able to purchase these courses through our website.