Detailed Examination Content



Institute of Professional Environmental Practice

Detailed Examination Content

Outline of Part II:

Practice Area B: Water Quality

All approved QEP candidates are required take one of four practice area exams under Part II.

|Water Systems- Surface And Groundwater |Wt% |

|Types of water systems (lakes, rivers, estuaries, oceans, wetlands, confined aquifers, unconfined aquifers, etc.) |15 |

|Hydrology and hydraulics of water systems | |

|Beneficial uses and related water quality requirements | |

|Agricultural | |

|Industrial/commercial | |

|Residential (Potable Water) | |

|Fish and wildlife habitat | |

|Recreational | |

|Sources of contamination | |

|Point source (outfalls, Treatment Works’ discharges, etc.) | |

|e. Non-point source (agriculture runoff, urban storm water runoff, development air deposition, etc.) | |

|Water Quality Assessment |30 |

|Water Quality Characteristics and Significance | |

|Physical (turbidity, solids [TSS], temperature, odor, color, dissolved oxygen, etc.) | |

|Chemical | |

|Inorganic (pH, TDS, heavy metals, hardness, alkalinity, etc.) | |

|Organic (natural, BOD, synthetic - solvents, pesticides, surfactants, etc.) | |

|Biological (pathogenic organisms, indicator organisms, etc., biological assessment) | |

|Radiological | |

|Groundwater changes with time and distance | |

|Sampling and Measurement Techniques | |

|Sampling issues (representative, grab vs. composite, contaminant avoidance, etc.) | |

|Analytical issues (usability and interpretation of results, accuracy and precision, interference, etc.), data quality objects, | |

|levels of detection, quantification, etc.), treatment plant performance versus compliance. | |

|Quality Assurance/Quality Control | |

|c. Hydraulics & Hydrology | |

|In-plant hydraulics (flow measurement/control, distribution | |

|Surface water hydrology (run-off prediction, flow in open channels) | |

|Hydrology (ground water well yields, draw down, well pollution-prevention methods) | |

|Hydrology and hydraulics of water systems | |

|Collection, Treatment and Disposal |35 |

|Objectives of prevention, control & treatment | |

|Point source | |

|Non-point source | |

|Storm water run-off | |

|Pollution Prevention Methods (audits, material substitution, best management practices & systems, wellhead protection, process | |

|modifications, etc.) | |

|Pollution Control and Treatment Methods | |

|Collection/distribution systems | |

|Water and wastewater treatment processes | |

|Physical (screening, sedimentation, filtration, etc.) | |

|Chemical (coagulation, neutralization, ion exchange, etc.) | |

|Biological (lagoons, suspended growth reactors, fixed film reactors, natural systems) | |

|Sludge and/or biosolids management and stabilization, biological and chemical quality, use and disposal | |

|Wastewater effluent management disposal | |

|d. Water distribution and storage | |

|Treatment Plant Operation & Management |20 |

|Legal/Regulatory Compliance (general concepts, generic regulatory approaches) | |

|Compliance criteria and documentation | |

|Reuse specifications | |

|Standard Operating Procedures | |

|Best-In-Class type comparisons | |

|Risk Assessment and Management | |

|Toxicity assessment (aquatic bioassay, whole effluent, bioaccumulation, etc.) | |

|Fate and transport of contaminants | |

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