Water and Sewer Review
Pick a level below and work through its stages — short readings, knowledge checks, and decision scenarios drawn from the City’s operator training manual. Answer well enough on the final check to earn that level’s qualification (in-game) and its badge.
This is a training-practice aid, not a certification. The Academy helps City of St. Marys operators study and rehearse decisions. It does not certify anyone, qualify anyone for any task, or authorize anyone to operate any facility. This review does not issue certifications, qualify anyone for any task, or authorize anyone to operate any facility. Authorization to perform a task comes only from the City — never from a score here.
“Qualified (in-game)” carries no real-world authority. It means only that you answered enough practice items correctly. On the real system you operate by the rule of authorization: only at the level you are trained, currently certified, and specifically authorized for. Where any law, permit, OSHA-recognized practice, or manufacturer instruction is stricter, the stricter requirement controls.
Standards and organizations are named for reference only. Programs and bodies (for example the EPA, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act, AWWA, WEF, and Kansas training providers such as KRWA and KMU) are referenced nominatively for education. No copyrighted standards text, Need-to-Know skill lists, test banks, or examinations are reproduced. Trademarks belong to their owners.
No regulatory or design authority. Reporting thresholds, public-notification triggers, permit limits, monitoring schedules, and system classifications are set by regulatory requirements and the facility permit — not by this app. Confirm them with the applicable regulator and follow the City’s emergency-response and operations plans.
Original, internal content. This material was created for the City’s own training use and is not for commercial resale. Some items must be confirmed and adapted to local policy before adoption. Always defer to current City SOPs, regulatory rules and the facility permit, manufacturer instructions, and the controlling federal and state standards.
This review ships with general, original content. Before St. Marys adopts it as a local training standard, a qualified reviewer must complete and verify the items below from the City’s own records and applicable regulatory sources. Until then, treat every system-specific statement in the modules as provisional and confirm it.
All entries below are placeholders to be completed by the City — this app neither sets nor verifies them.
| Water source type | [ to be completed ] |
|---|---|
| Water treatment / disinfection | [ to be completed ] |
| Storage / tower / pressure zones | [ to be completed ] |
| Water system classification | [ to be completed ] |
| Wastewater process | [ to be completed ] |
| Wastewater facility classification | [ to be completed ] |
| Discharge permit number | [ to be completed ] |
| Key permit limits & monitoring | [ to be completed ] |
| Public-notification triggers & contacts | [ to be completed ] |
| Emergency-response plan (title / date) | [ to be completed ] |
| Sampling plan (title / date) | [ to be completed ] |
| Key equipment manuals | [ to be completed ] |
| SOP set & revision date | [ to be completed ] |
Source register / SOP crosswalk (trainer-maintained). For each module, list the City SOPs, regulatory requirement sections, permit sections, the emergency-response and sampling plans, and the manufacturer manuals a trainee should read before that module counts as complete.
Annual content review. Reviewer name & title: ____________________ Date: __________ Sources checked: ____________________ Effective SOP / permit versions: ____________________ Next review due: __________
Records and progress in this app are practice only. They are not evidence of certification or authorization, and are valid as internal training notes only when signed by the training officer.
Training levels
All nine core review modules are ready to run — a shared Foundations level, an Operator Math module, the two certification ladders (Small System, Class I, and Class II, for both Water and Wastewater), and a cross-cutting Emergency Response & Customer Notification module. The Operations Trail is included as a separate simulation module. Each opens with a brief, knowledge checks, a decision scenario, and a final qualification check. Levels mirror common certificate classes; the actual class your system requires is set by applicable regulators.
Your progress saves automatically in this browser. For a portable backup, copy the code below and keep it somewhere safe. To restore on another device, paste a code and choose Load code. This code is for your own convenience only — it is practice data that can be edited, not proof of completion. Official records require the printed training record signed by the training officer.
Water & Wastewater Operations Trail
Each trail puts you in charge of one kind of municipal system for a twelve-month cycle. You cannot choose how each incident plays out — your readiness, built month by month in the decisions you make, decides it. Operate well and the year ends with a clean year-end compliance audit; defer the unglamorous work and a hidden risk climbs until something fails. Reach the passing bar under Exam Conditions to earn the trail’s practice badge and generate a training record.
This is a training-practice aid, not a certification. These simulations help City of St. Marys operators study and rehearse operational decisions. They do not certify anyone, qualify anyone for any task, or authorize anyone to operate any facility. Official operator certification comes only from the applicable state certifying authority; authorization to perform a task comes only from the City — never from a score here.
How a score here can “count toward certification” — and how it cannot. Under the Kansas program, training is helpful toward initial certification (as experience/education/training points for exam eligibility) and is mandatory for renewal (Class I–IV operators need ten hours of approved training every two-year renewal period; Small System operators need five). In-house, vendor, and private training only counts when it is approved by the appropriate accrediting authority (an Application for training-course approval, with a course outline, submitted at least 60 days before the session) and is reported through the applicable training-credit process. This module is designed to support that review process and to produce a printable training record for internal documentation — but the module itself awards no hours, no points, and no certificate. The appropriate certifying authority determines any approved training credit and issues operator credentials.
“Passed (practice)” carries no real-world authority. It means only that you operated the simulation well enough against its scoring. On the real system you operate by the rule of authorization: only at the level you are trained, currently certified, and specifically authorized for. Where any law, permit, applicable regulatory rule, OSHA-recognized practice, or manufacturer instruction is stricter, the stricter requirement controls.
Standards and organizations are named for reference only. Programs, laws, permits, and training bodies are referenced nominatively, for education. No copyrighted standards text, official exam-topic lists, examination questions, or test banks are reproduced. All scenarios, decisions, and items here are original. Trademarks belong to their owners.
The “Trail” name and format are original. The Operations Trail and its individual tracks — for example, the Groundwater, Surface-Water Plant, Distribution, wastewater, and collection trails — are an original training device built for this program. “Trail” is used here in its ordinary descriptive sense: a guided route through a year of operating decisions. This format is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or licensed from any commercial game, software product, publisher, or other rights holder, and any resemblance to other products with similar names is coincidental. All scenario text, decisions, and game mechanics are original.
Records and progress in this module are practice only. They are not evidence of certification or authorization, and are valid as internal training notes only when the printed training record is completed and signed by the City’s training officer.
This module ships with general, original content. The trails are built on representative Kansas system types, not on St. Marys’ specific facilities. Before St. Marys adopts it as a local training standard, a qualified reviewer must confirm the system-specific facts below from the City’s own records, applicable permits, operator logs, and recent inspections. Until then, treat every system-specific statement in the trails as provisional.
| Drinking-water system | PWS ID; source (own groundwater / surface / GWUDI / purchased / blend); treatment beyond chlorination; storage; pressure zones; interconnects; sample sites; LSL inventory status; PFAS monitoring schedule; emergency power; SCADA; certified-operator class & backup. |
|---|---|
| Wastewater facility | Permit type (NPDES discharge or KWPC non-overflowing/land application); lagoon cell count or mechanical process; permit limits; DMR schedule; disinfection; sludge survey date; biosolids/hauling plan; operator class & backup. |
| Collection & stormwater | Gravity sewer map; lift-station count & pump data; force mains; backup power; I/I areas; SSO history; MS4 permit status; outfall map; bypass-pumping resources. |
| Crosswalk & review | Map each trail to the City SOPs, applicable regulatory requirement sections, permit sections, and the emergency-response and sampling plans a trainee should read first. Reviewer: __________ Title: __________ Date: __________ Next review due: __________ |
This module neither sets nor verifies any of the above. It is the training officer’s responsibility to complete the crosswalk and to keep the content under annual review against current SOPs, permits, and applicable regulatory rules.
Operations trails — broken out by function
Seven trails, grouped by the operational situation rather than by job title: three drinking-water systems, two wastewater facilities, and two collection / stormwater systems. Each is a full twelve-month run with a final year-end compliance audit. Choose Exam Conditions for the scored, badge-earning attempt.
Your progress (which trails you have passed and your best grades) saves automatically in this browser. For a portable backup, copy the code below. To restore on another device, paste a code and choose Load code. This code is for your convenience only — it is editable practice data, not proof of completion. Official records require the printed training record signed by the training officer.
