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Essential Disinfection Series

CA-NV AWWA Member $180 / Non-member $250
Save 25% when you purchase the 3-part series upfront through this bundle deal, essentially you get 1 webinar for free!  Offer expires January 12, 2026.

Registration for webinars is a 2-step process.  Once you have registered here, please look for five emails titled "Your Webinar Registration is Almost Complete" for the link to complete the registration process for each webinar in Zoom.  After registering in Zoom you will receive five confirmation emails containing your unique link to each of the webinars.

During the webinar, please check the participant list to make sure your name appears.  Contact hours will only be issued to the names that appear on the participant list.

Refunds are not permitted within 15 days of the start date of this series.

Essential Disinfection is a comprehensive series aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand, operate, and use the best practices for water disinfection.  The goal is ensuring safe drinking water and protecting public health.  Water disinfectants create byproducts that have health risks including cancer.  This series will look at alternative disinfectants and disinfection byproduct mitigation strategies.  Finally, in the series we will discuss UV/AOP which can be used to address a variety of water quality issues and is an important part of most indirect and direct potable reuse systems.

Webinars Included in this Series:

  • Chlorine & Alternative Disinfection: Chlorine is the most common disinfectant used in the U.S.  This webinar will look at chlorine operations, usage, safe handling, and best practices.  We will also cover regulations regarding the use of chlorine and an overview of disinfection byproducts.  It will also cover the alternative disinfection options of ozone and chlorine dioxide.
  • UV Disinfection & AOP Technology: This webinar will look at how UV works, the advantages and disadvantages of UV disinfection, and issues with using the system.  UV systems can be setup in such a way that creates an Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP).  AOP can reduce a variety of material in water including 1,4 dioxane and NDMA which are contaminants of emerging concern.  The webinar will look at interaction with critical control points and with the SCADA system.  Finally, it will look at the world's largest water purification system for indirect potable reuse, the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS).
  • Controlling Disinfection Byproducts: This webinar will look at how to control disinfection byproducts.  The use of free chlorine along with natural organic matter create disinfection byproducts that are cancer causing.  It is a best practice to limit, control and reduce  these compounds.  This webinar will look at a number of mitigation strategies that can be implemented before, during and after the water treatment process and also in the distribution system.


Participants will receive a Certificate of Training upon successful completion of the FULL 3-part webinar series! 

Webinar Series Schedule:
Chlorine & Alternative Disinfection, January 13, 2026, 7:30am-11:30am
UV Disinfection & AOP Technology, January 20, 2026, 7:30am-11:30am
Controlling Disinfection Byproducts, January 27, 2026, 7:30am-11:30am

Earn up to a total of 12 contact hours (based on attendance).  Contact hours will be emailed to you within 30 days of receiving your class evaluation.
Receipts for classes are from info@ca-nv-awwa.org
Instructor: Henry Palechek

Henry Palechek is a retired water utility supervisor with 34 1/2 years of public service.  He started his water career at the City of San Diego in 1988 and finished it at Helix Water District.  Helix Water District has a conventional 106 MGD water treatment plant with ozone as its primary disinfectant, a 50 square mile water distribution system, serving about 500,000 connections including delivering water to three other districts.  Henry has been teaching community college classes in water technology since 1993.  He holds a BS degree in Information Systems and four AS degrees in Water Treatment, Water Distribution, Electronic Technology, and Computer Science.  He currently holds a California T5 and D3 certification and an AWWA CA/NV AWTO 5.

 
When
1/13/2026 - 1/27/2026
Where
Online Webinar

Refund Policy

Requests for refunds and transfers must be made in writing and are subject to the following conditions: Full refund of fee paid (minus 25% handling fee) will be issued for cancellations received more than 15 days prior to class start date. All fees are non-refundable thereafter. Transfers are based on availability. No transfer requests will be authorized if they are not received more than 15 days prior to class start date. A 100% refund or credit of your registration fee will be issued if a class is canceled by the Section.

Transfer Policy

Requests for transfers must be made in writing and are subject to the following conditions: Transfers are based on availability.  No transfer requests will be authorized if they are not received more than 15 days prior to class start date.