Event Phone: 360-490-2426

Registration Deadline: 5 pm May 22nd, 2026

Register early to avoid workshop cancellation

The activated sludge process is applied in a wide variety of treatment systems including conventional activated sludge treatment plants, oxidation ditches, sequencing batch reactors, and package plants. Working in one of these treatment plants you quickly realize that process control and troubleshooting are essential skills to successfully operate the WWTP.

In this 3 hour LIVE ONLINE “Wastewater Process Control, Optimization, & Troubleshooting” workshop we will discuss commonly encountered problems, solutions, and steps to optimize your treatment process, especially as they relate to microbial activities.

While this class focuses on the use of microscopic examination and microbial process control, we will also review traditional troubleshooting tools as well as innovative, state of the art approaches, such as DNA sequencing.

We will address:

• Bulking
• Pin floc
• Denitrification
• Dispersed growth
• Limited nutrients
• Foaming
• Toxicity
• Genotyping vs Phenotyping
• Application of Microscopy and DNA sequencing in troubleshooting process
• PCR testing functionality

Where: LIVE ONLINE

Date: 05/27/2026

Time: 8:45am to 12pm PT

Instructor: Ryan Hennessy

Fee: $120

Registration: online: www.pro-train.org; phone: (360) 490-2426; email: erika@pro-train.org

Meets professional growth criteria for wastewater.

Professional Training Association is actively seeking approval from other states. All of our classes meet professional growth criteria and continuing education requirements for wastewater. For those classes that are currently undergoing review by the individual states and have not received official approval yet, please contact us for more information.

For Wastewater CEUs and/or Training credits in the following states:

For more information on training approval in your state please call: (360)490-2426

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