The course consists of interactive lectures, discussions, and imbedded exercises. Participants will also be placed in several real life situations where they complete a compliance review of a schematic process flow diagram, analyze failures using trend reports, critique a risk assessment, and perform a change control analysis including the impact of requested or proposed modifications.

The course is designed to provide the attendee with a practical understanding of the following topics:

• Basic water chemistry
• Water quality selection criteria
• EPA, EU, and WHO drinking water standards
• The governing regulatory agencies with direct impact on water systems
• Analytical water grades (1, 2, 3) and reagent water types (I, II, III, IV, with A, B & C subgroups)
• Pharmacopeia water grades (Purified, Highly Purified, Water for Injection & Clean Steam)
• Pretreatment component equipment - selection and operating principals
• Final treatment options (reverse osmosis, vapor compression, single-effect and multiple-effect stills)
• Opportunities for energy and water resource conservation
• Point of use criteria such as temperature, location, time-of-day, and demand (GPM & GPD)
• System design including materials of construction, generation, storage and distribution options
• Trend reports (analysis, problem identification, predictive value)
• Control systems, data historian, secure access, set points and alarms
• Managing performance deviations and component failure
• Direct and in-direct impact analysis
• Quality by design including risk assessment
• Instrument calibration for critical, non-critical, and informational only devices
• Maintenance impacts to system performance, reliability, and validation
• The importance of as-built documentation - user and field directed changes