Drinking Water
Academy
Training for Federal,
State, and Tribal
Drinking Water
Professionals
816K02008
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Office of Water (4606M)
EPA816-K-02-008
www.epa.gov/safewater
September 2002
Printed on recycled paper
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U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Drinking Water
Academy
What Is the Drinking
Water Academy?
Established by the U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water, the Drinking Water Academy (DW A) is a long-term training
initiative whose primary goal is to expand EPA, State,Tribal, and
water system operators' capabilities to implementthe 1996
Amendments to the Sate Drinking Water Act (SDWA).Inaddition
to providingclassroomand Web-based training, the DW A acts as a
resource fortraining materials that support thegoalsofSDW A,
which will lead toasaferdrinkingwatersupply and be tterprotect
public health.
What Challenges
Do Drinking Water
Programs Face?
Under the SDWA Amendments of 1996. EPA is
promulgating and implementing new regulations that
State drinking water programs must add to their existing
programs. Among these regulations are new microbial
and disinfection by-product standards, increased source
water protection efforts, small system capacity issues, new
loan programs to fund system improvements, and
increased public education and involvement in drinking
water programs.
Why Is Training
Necessary?
The new requirements and approaches to regulating
drinking water systems make training even more
important if State and Tribal programs are to maintain
high levels of staff expertise. Otherwise, program
effectiveness may be compromised as new, untrained
personnel join programs, veteran staff members leave, and
the program's institutional knowledge about statutes.
regulations, and other important SDWA requirements
wanes due to lack of sustained training.
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The Academy's Curriculum
Below are descriptions of the training modules the DWA offers. For more information
about a training module, see the complete DWA Course Catalog at www.epa.gov/
safewater/dwa/course.html. To see if a module is scheduled in the near future, see
www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa/calendar.html. To schedule DWA training for your EPA
Regional or State staff, contact a member of the DWA Advisory Board listed below. All
modules are intended primarily for EPA Regional, State, and Tribal staff, and technical
training assistance providers unless otherwise indicated.
Safe Drinking Water Act
Overview Training Modules
Introduction to the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Reviews the history of drinking water
regulation in the United States and
provides an overview of SDWA's
evolution up to the present. Includes
discussions of the Public Water
System Supervi-
sion Program,
Underground
Injection Control
Program, and the
Source Water
Protection Pro-
gram.
Overview of the
Clean Water Act
and the Safe
Drinking Water
Act
Reviews the
histories of both
statutes, discusses
the key concepts
and programs of
each, and their
interrelationships.
SDWA, PWSS, and the National
Primary Drinking Water
Regulations
This course combines Introduction to the
Safe Drinking Water Act and Introduction to
the Public Water System Supervision
Program and discusses the national
primary drinking water regulations
(NPDWRs) in more detail.
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National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations Training
Modules
From Risk to Rule: How EPA
Develops Risk-Based Drinking
Water Regulations
Provides an understanding of the
basis for EPA's primary drinking water
regulations by explaining the historical
context; risk reduction objectives of
SDWA; how EPA considers risk and
integrates costs and benefits in
developing regulatory alternatives;
and the principles of risk communica-
tion.
Arsenic Rule
Presents EPA's approach to imple-
menting the new arsenic rule. Ad-
dresses rule requirements, violation
determinations, and SDWIS reporting.
Covers issues such as treatment
options and decision processes, point-
of-use, waste disposal, and financial
assistance.
Web-Based Training Modules
1* Introduction to the Safe Drinking
Water Act (www.epa.gov/
safewater/dwa/electronic/
introsdwa/index.html)
[* Introduction to the Underground
Injection Control Program
(www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa/
electronic/uic/index.html)
Lead and Copper Rule
Discusses the minor revisions to the
Lead and Copper Rule and explains
why the revisions are being imple-
mented. Explains the State record-
keeping and SDWIS reporting require-
ments and State special primacy
considerations.
Phase II and V Chemicals and
Radiological Rules
Provides an overview of the above
rules. Discusses monitoring require-
ments, compliance issues, rule
requirements, and the primacy
revision application process.
Surface Water Treatment and Total
Coliform Rules
Provides an overview of the above
rules. Illustrates how filtered systems
calculate removal and inactivation
requirements of the SWTR and
provides two videos on analytical
methods for TCR and the avoidance
criteria for SWTR.
Stage 1 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts and
Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules
Provides an overview of the above
rules. Includes two exercises on the
Stage 1 DBPR requirements for
disinfection byproduct precursor
removal and calculations for deter-
mining compliance, emphasizing the
early requirements of the IESWTR
(disinfection profiling and bench-
marking).
Surface Water Rules
Combines the above two modules to
discuss all the surface water treat-
ment rules (SWTR, TCR, IESWTR,
and Filter Backwash Recycling Rule)
and their relation to the Stage 1
Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule.
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Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Rule
Describes the major elements of the
UCMR program; explains the roles
and responsibilities of each UCMR
partner; discusses UCMR's signifi-
cance for future regulatory determina-
tions; and covers applicable record-
keeping and reporting requirements.
Training Videotapes
1* Sanitary survey videotapes:*
Wells
Cross-connections
Storage
Hypochlorination
Gas chlorination
Distribution systems
Sampling and recordkeeping
Ground water under the influ-
ence of surface water
i*The Problem with Shallow Dis-
posal Systems**
I* Shallow Disposal Systems Are
Everyone's Business***
*See www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa/
orderform.pdf to order.
**Contact hubbard.harriet@epa.gov
to order.
*** Contact johnson.lisam@epa.gov
or the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at
(800) 426-4791 to order.
Public Water System Operation
Training Modules
Assessing Capacity through
Sanitary Surveys
Reviews the eight elements of a
sanitary survey and discusses the
relevant capacity development issues
in each.
Introduction to Capacity
Development/Developing Technical
Capacity
Reviews the basic elements of water
system technical, managerial, and
financial capacity, and provides
methods for assessing the technical
capacity of water systems and tools to
solve technical capacity issues for
water systems.
Developing Managerial Capacity
Examines issues related to the
management structure of the water
system, including ownership account-
ability, staffing and organization, and
effective linkages to customers and
regulatory agencies.
Developing Water System Financial
Capacity
Describes the role of finances in water
system capacity development;
highlights the importance of rate
revenues in building the capacity of
water systems; and provides methods
for assessing the financial capacity of
water systems.
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Developing Water System Financial
Capacity: Ratemaking and
Affordability
Focuses on ratemaking issues related
to capacity development: the role of
rates; the ratemaking process; types
of rate structures; and rates and
affordability.
Water System Capital Facilities
Financing
Presents a software tool, CapFinance,
to help water systems analyze funding
options for renewal and replacement
of assets. The output from the soft-
ware can be integrated into financial
planning and rate-setting activities.
Strategic SDWA Compliance
Planning for Small Systems
Approaches to assist small systems in
addressing issues such as source
Training Materials Available in
Spanish
i* Introduction to the Public Water
System Supervision Program
(course)
(*• Introduction to EPA's Drinking
Water Source Protection Pro-
grams (course)
i* Underground Injection Control In-
spection Manual (manual)
1* Learner's Guide for Conducting
Sanitary Surveys (manual)
I* The Problem with Shallow Dis-
posal Systems (videotape)
Please contact Mario Salazar at (202)
564-3894 or salazar.mario@epa.gov
for information on obtaining these
materials.
water supply and protection, existing
infrastructure repair and replacement,
system organizational structures, new
regulations, technologies for compli-
ance, and finances.
CPE 101 - Fundamentals of
Comprehensive Performance
Evaluations
First step in building capacity and
familiarizing States with the concept
of a CPE. Can help States determine
whether they will conduct CPEs or
provide oversight to a third party.
CPE 201 - Introduction to
Comprehensive Performance
Evaluations
The concepts behind conducting
CPEs at surface water treatment
plants are introduced through a series
of classroom presentations, work-
shops and a three-and-a-half day field
exercise at a surface water treatment
plant, resulting in a full CPE report.
CPE 202 - Comprehensive
Performance Evaluations -
Oversight and Review
Covers the components of a CPE in
more detail, helps students establish a
procedure to approve third parties,
and trains students in what to look for
when reviewing a CPE report.
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CPE 301 - Comprehensive
Performance Evaluations
(Progressive)
Fo 11 o w- u p to Introduction to CPEs. U p to
six trainees are facilitated through two
additional CPEs, after which they can
independently conduct CPEs.
Drinking Water Treatment
Troubleshooting
Builds experience to enhance investi-
gative and problem-solving skills of
hands-on regulators who assist, and
help resolve drinking water problems
for, public water systems.
Public Water System
Supervision Implementation
Training Modules
Introduction to the Public Water
System Supervision Program
Describes the types of water systems
regulated under SDWA, how they
operate, and the roles of EPA, States,
Tribes, and public water systems in
implementing the PWSS program.
Spanish translation is available.
Public Notification Rule
Presents the May 4, 2000, revisions
to the Public Notification Rule,
discusses SDWIS reporting, and
explains primacy requirements in
order to improve consistent imple-
mentation of the rule nationally.
Consumer Confidence Report Rule
Provides detailed information on
regulatory requirements and the
primacy revision application process.
The course also provides instruction
on how to prepare and review a CCR.
Operator Certification
Covers elements of the guidelines,
implementation issues, program
review and approval process, and
expense reimbursement policies and
procedures for State operator certifi-
cation programs.
Sanitary Survey Training
Materials
How to Conduct a Sanitary Survey
of Small Surface Water and Ground
Water Systems
Teaches inspectors to apply basic
scientific information and a working
knowledge of the operation, mainte-
nance, management and technology
of a water system to identify sanitary
risks that may interrupt the multiple
barriers of protection at the water
system. Addresses all eight essential
elements of a sanitary survey and
includes field trips to small surface
and ground water systems where
participants can apply the lessons
learned in the classroom. Can be
combined with Introduction to the
PWSS Program.
How to Conduct a Sanitary Survey
of Small Ground Water Systems
This version of the sanitary survey
training covers the same elements as
the above course, but focuses on
ground water systems only. It includes
a field trip to a small system where
participants can apply the lessons
learned in the classroom. Can also be
combined with Introduction to the
PWSS Program.
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Source Water Protection
Training Modules
Delineation of Source
Water Areas for Water
Supply Wells
Covers techniques for
delineating the zone
contributing recharge to
public water supply wells
used in wellhead protection
and source water assess-
ment programs. Practice a
step-by-step analytical
approach using case studies
and hands-on computer model- ing.
Introduction to EPA's Drinking
Water Source Protection Programs
Provides information on the hydro-
logic cycle, health effects of contami-
nants in drinking water, the concept of
source water protection and the
elements of the program. Spanish
translation is available.
Source Water Contamination
Prevention Measures
Discusses types of prevention mea-
sures (e.g., land use controls, struc-
tural measures and public education),
prevention measures for specific
sources (e.g., septic systems, fertil-
izer and pesticide use, storm water
runoff), and what individuals can do to
foster source water protection.
Underground Injection Control
Training Modules
Class V Underground
Injection Wells
Explains the requirements of
the Class V rule promulgated
on December 7, 1999;
defines Class V wells; and
explains the new require-
ments and compliance
dates for motor vehicle
waste disposal wells and
large capacity cesspools.
Introduction to the Underground
Injection Control Program
Describes the foundation of the DIG
program and explains the challenges
facing today's UIC programs.
Introduction to Underground
Injection Control Permitting
Provides an introduction to UIC
permitting issues for new permit
writers, discusses permit require-
ments, explains what to look for in
reviewing each of the attachments to
a UIC permit application, and pro-
vides a forum for sharing permit
strategies among UIC professionals.
Underground Injection Control
Inspector Certification
This course is a requirement under
EPA Order 3500.1 for anyone con-
ducting or supervising an individual
who conducts a UIC inspection.
Participants learn how to prepare for
an inspection, inspection techniques
and legal requirements, standard
operating procedures, and proper field
safety. To receive certification,
participants must take and pass an
exam at the end of the course.
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SDWIS Training Modules
SDWIS/FED Data Entry
Trains Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include entering
data into the SDWIS/FED system.
SDWIS/FED Data Entry
Troubleshooters
Focuses on troubleshooting for
common data entry problems and
errors for Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include entering
data into the SDWIS/FED system.
SDWIS/FED Data Entry
Troubleshooters - Train the Trainer
Trains attendees to train others on
SDWIS/FED data entry.
SDWIS/FED Data Retrieval
(Beginner)
First in a series of three courses to
train Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include retriev-
ing data from the SDWIS/FED
system.
SDWIS/FED Data Retrieval
(Intermediate)
Second in a series of three courses to
train Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include retriev-
ing data from the SDWIS/FED
system.
SDWIS/FED Data Retrieval
(Advanced)
Third in a series of three courses to
train Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include retriev-
ing data from SDWIS/FED.
Contact Clint Lemmons for more in-
formation about SDWIS/STATE train-
ing (lemmons.clint@epa.gov or [202]
564-4623).
SDWIS/STATE Initial User
Teaches new students how to use the
modules which are typically the first
ones implemented by SDWIS/STATE
users: Legal Entities, Water System
Inventory, Sample Entry, and Total
Coliform Rule Non-Compliance
Determination.
SDWIS/STATE Advanced User
Teaches students how to use the
advanced SDWIS/STATE modules:
Compliance Decision Support System
and the Enforcement Business
System.
SDWIS/STATE Compliance
Determination
Offered on a limited basis for States
and Regions who have been using
SDWIS/STATE as their database of
record.
SDWIS/STATE System
Administrator
Targeted at the individuals in a State
or EPA Regional Office who are
responsible for implementing SDWIS/
STATE software in their agency.
Topics discussed include data migra-
tion, permitted value list develop-
ment, security, and user rights and
roles.
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Laboratory Certification
Training Modules
Laboratory Certification: Chemical
Parameters
Trains Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include the
evaluation of laboratories that analyze
potable water for the presence of
chemical parameters.
Laboratory Certification:
Microbiological Parameters
Trains Federal and State personnel
whose responsibilities include evaluat-
ing laboratories that analyze potable
water for microbiological parameters.
Special Interest Training
Modules
American Government Roles
Provides an historical overview of the
Federal government and the evolution
of EPA as an agency. The course
looks at the Safe Drinking Water Act
within the context of the principles
and history of our government.
Risk Communication under the
Safe Drinking Water Act
This training discusses the risk
communication principles and SDWA
risk concepts. The course explains
how to develop a risk communication
program and provides techniques for
communicating risk in situations
specific to SDWA, such as Consumer
Confidence Reports, source water
assessments, and emergencies.
Training Skills Delivery Workshop
Provides instruction on delivering
training to adult learners. Provides
opportunities for students to practice
making effective presentations.
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Want to Learn More?
General information about SDWA i.s available from the Safe Drinking Water Act
hotline at (800) 426-4791 or, in the Washington, D. C., area, at (202) 260-7908.
Information on the Drinking Water Academy can be found on the DWA Web site at
www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa.html. Dates and descriptions of upcoming training sessions
are posted on the site, and training materials are available for downloading.
DWA information is also available from the State and EPA members of the Drinking
Water Advisory Board:
Jackie LeClair
EPA Region 1
(6171 918-1544
leclair.jackie@epa.gov
Norma Ortega
EPA Region 2
(212) 637-4234
ortega.norma@epa.gov
Rick Rogers
EPA Region 3
(215) 814-5711
rogers.rick@epa.gov
Janine Morris
EPA Region 4
(404) 562-9480
morris.janine@epa.gov
Bill Spaulding
EPA Region 5
(312) 35.3-9262
spaulding.william@epa.gov
Bill Davis
EPA Region 6
(214.) 665-7536
davis.williamh@epa.gov
Stephanie Lindberg
EPA Region 7
(913) 551-7423
lindberg.stephanie@epa.gov
Dan Jackson
EPA Region 8
(303) 312-6155
jackson.dan@epa.gov
Barry Pollock
EPA Region 9
(415) 744-1854
pollock.barry@epa.gov
Bill Chamberlain
EPA Region 10
(206) 553-8515
chamberlain.william@epa.gov
Mark Anderson
Commonwealth of Virginia
(804) 786-5569
manderson@vdh.state.va.us
James "Red" Weddell
State of Texas
(512) 239-4798
jweddell@tnrcc.state.tx.us
Stew Thornley
State of Minnesota
(651) 215-0771
stew, thornley® health, state, inn. us
Mario Salazar
EPAHQ
(202) 564-3894
salazar.mario@epa.gov
Murlene Lash
EPAHQ
(202) 564-3818
lash.murlene@epa.gov
James Bourne
EPAHQ
(202) 564-4095
bourne.james@epa.gov
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Office of Water (4606M)
EPA816-K-02-008
www. e pa. g o v/saf e wate r
September 2002
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