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Course Description: This four-day course is directed to California Grades III and IV certified wastewater treatment plant operators planning to take the California Grade IV or Grade V certification exam. The following wastewater treatment processes will be reviewed: pumping, chemical dosing, anaerobic digestion, percent solids recovery (thickening and dewatering), and the activated sludge process and its modifications. In addition, certain miscellaneous topics such as the BOD test, coliform testing, nitrification/denitrification, disinfection, and others, will be discussed. Wastewater math will be reviewed and the student will have the opportunity to practice solving the kinds of problems that might appear on the Grades IV and V exams. Math problems will be used as a tool to review Grades I, II and III material. Several essay questions will be worked in the context of establishing an essay-writing approach. Studying strategies to be used in exam preparation will be presented.