Water
Compact Treatment Units for Small Communities and Remote Sites
A programme in selecting and operating compact treatment units for drinking water and wastewater in small communities and remote sites, such as villages, project camps, mine sites and isolated facilities, where staff are few and access is difficult.
Overview
About the programme
Duration
3 days
Training hours
15 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
Training outcomes
- Establish the need: population equivalent, flows and their variation, water characteristics and site constraints.
- Compare compact drinking water treatment units: package clarifier-filters, containerised reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, and disinfection with chlorine and ultraviolet light.
- Compare compact wastewater treatment units: extended aeration, sequencing batch reactors (SBR), moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR) and membrane bioreactors (MBR).
- Plan installation, commissioning and acceptance.
- Organise operation and maintenance with limited staff and remote monitoring.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: the need and selecting a unit
- Characteristics of small communities and remote sites: variable flow, shortage of staff, power sources, and difficulty in supplying chemicals and spare parts.
- Estimating flows and loads, and selection criteria: required quality, footprint, energy, ease of operation and waste management.
Day 2: compact units
- Drinking water units: package clarifier-filters, reverse osmosis for brackish groundwater, ultrafiltration, and disinfection.
- Wastewater units: extended aeration, SBR, MBBR, MBR, septic tanks, and sludge management in small units.
Day 3: installation, operation and maintenance
- Installation, commissioning and acceptance tests.
- Daily operation with simple checklists, preventive maintenance, remote monitoring, and monitoring the quality of produced and treated water against requirements.
- A case study selecting a unit for a camp or remote site, followed by the assessment.
Who it is for
Target audience
Utilities and services engineers in companies that run remote sites and camps, municipal engineers responsible for small communities, and operators of compact units.
Method
Delivery method
Lectures, case studies and an exercise in selecting the right unit for a given site. The exercise can be built on data from one of the organisation’s sites. In Arabic or English.
Questions
FAQ
Is the programme tied to a particular unit supplier?
No. The programme presents the technologies and the criteria for selection and operation without being tied to any supplier or brand.
Can it cover units we already have?
Yes. If the organisation shares the specifications and operating manuals of its units with the centre, the operation and maintenance examples are adapted to them.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.