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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