Water
Operation and Maintenance of Water Networks and Standard Operating Procedures
A programme in operating and maintaining water distribution networks and preparing standard operating procedures for network work: network components and hydraulics, pressure and water quality management, leak detection, maintenance and burst repair, and writing and applying procedures.
Overview
About the programme
Duration
5 days
Training hours
25 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
Training outcomes
- Understand the components of a distribution network and its hydraulic principles.
- Operate the network through pressure management, district metered areas, and valve and reservoir operation.
- Maintain water quality in the network by monitoring residual chlorine and flushing mains.
- Use leak detection methods and prepare the network water balance.
- Plan preventive maintenance, carry out repairs and disinfect mains afterwards.
- Write clear standard operating procedures for network work, apply them and review them.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: the network and its components
- Network components: pipes and their materials, valves, air valves and pressure-reducing valves, fire hydrants, meters, reservoirs and pumping stations.
- Basics of hydraulics: pressure and head loss in pipes, water hammer, and reading network drawings and geographic information systems.
Day 2: operation and water quality
- Pressure management and district metered areas (DMA), operating valves, reservoirs and pumping stations, and the role of SCADA systems.
- Water quality in the network: residual chlorine, routine flushing of mains, reservoir cleaning, and prevention of backflow and cross-connections.
Day 3: leaks and losses
- The network water balance, non-revenue water and its components.
- Leak detection: night flow analysis, step testing, and acoustic instruments and correlators.
Day 4: maintenance
- Preventive maintenance: routine valve exercising, inspection of fire hydrants and air valves, and checking meter accuracy.
- Burst repair: isolation, excavation, repair, disinfection and return to service, and safety in excavations and in valve chambers as confined spaces.
Day 5: standard operating procedures
- The structure of a procedure: purpose, scope, responsibilities, steps, safety and records.
- A workshop writing procedures for tasks such as flushing mains, repairing bursts and disinfecting new mains, and reviewing, approving and training staff on them.
- The assessment.
Who it is for
Target audience
Engineers, supervisors and technicians who operate and maintain water networks in water bodies, industrial cities and residential compounds.
Method
Delivery method
Lectures, case studies and a procedure-writing workshop in which each participant prepares one or more procedures for their organisation’s work. The organisation’s existing procedures can be reviewed and updated during the workshop if they are shared with the centre. In Arabic or English.
Questions
FAQ
Will we leave the programme with procedures for our organisation?
In the Day 5 workshop each participant prepares one or more procedures for their organisation’s work, and the organisation’s existing procedures can be reviewed if they are shared with the centre before the programme. Final review and approval remain the organisation’s responsibility.
Does the programme cover sewer networks?
No. The programme covers drinking water distribution networks.
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.