Introduction to DEP SOPs for Surface and Groundwater Sampling - Course 5941

Introduction to DEP SOPs for Surface and Groundwater Sampling

Attributes
  • FDEP OCP 04131066: CEUs 0.8 DW WW DS
  • FBPE CEHs Provider #0004021: 8 CEHs
  • Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Coordinator Marta Keilhauer     email: mkeilhauer@treeo.ufl.edu     phone: (352) 392-9570 or (352) 294-3878
Description

    

Course Description:
This course provides an overview of DEP Standard Operating Procedures for the collection of surface water, wastewater, drinking water and groundwater samples, with “hands-on” activities designed to illustrate SOP requirements. The class will also provide instruction in the proper calibration of field instruments used to measure common field-testing parameters in water samples, including those used to monitor groundwater purging stabilization criteria.  Instructors are DEP staff experienced with sampling and quality assurance topics. The course consists of a morning classroom session, followed by instructor-guided hands-on segments starting in the morning and after lunch, with time allowed for questions and discussion about “real-world” scenarios encountered in the field. Students will be divided into smaller groups for the hands-on portions of the course. Class size is limited.
 
DEP SOPs For This Course:
The following DEP SOPs are covered by this introductory course.
  •    FA 1000 Regulatory Scope and Administrative Procedures for Use of DEP SOPs
  •    FC 1000 Cleaning/Decontamination Procedures
  •    FQ 1000 Field Quality Control Requirements
  •    FS 1000 General Sampling Procedures
  •    FS 2000 General Aqueous Sampling
  •    FS 2100 Surface Water Sampling
  •    FS 2200 Groundwater Sampling
  •    FS 2300 Drinking Water Sampling
  •    FS 2400 Wastewater Sampling  
  •    FT 1000 General Field Testing and Measurement
  •    FT 1100 Field Measurement of Hydrogen Ion Activity (pH)
  •    FT 1200 Field Measurement of Specific Conductance (Conductivity)
  •    FT 1500 Field Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
  •    FT 1600 Field Measurement of Turbidity
  •    FT 2000 Field Measurement of Residual Chlorine
SOPs (available in word or PDF) from: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/sas/sop/sops.htm
 
Course Schedule (students will be divided into smaller groups for the hands-on sessions)
Morning classroom session (with break)
Field-testing instrument calibration session (hands-on)
Lunch (students are on their own for lunch)
Afternoon hands-on rotation sessions – small group instruction includes the following topics:  
Surface water sampling with techniques common to wastewater sampling (hands-on)
Groundwater purging and sampling using peristaltic & electric submersible pumps (hands-on)
Field-QC blanks and sample preservation (hands-on)
Wrap-up classroom session (review of course topics and course evaluation)
 
What to bring
  • Note-taking supplies
  • Field-testing instruments (instructors will only have one instrument available) 
  • (pH, conductivity, temperature, DO)
  • Field-testing instrument calibration standards (instructors will only have supplies for one instrument)
 
Please wear field clothes and shoes and provide for protection from the sun and weather.

 

Introduction to DEP SOPs for Surface Water, Groundwater, Wastewater, Drinking Water and Ultra-Trace Metals Sampling/Calibration & Verification of Field-Testing Meters
8am - 5pm
University of FL TREEO Center
Course Schedule (students will be divided into smaller groups for the hands-on sessions)
Morning classroom session (with break)
Field-testing instrument calibration session (hands-on)
Lunch
Afternoon hands-on rotation sessions – small group instruction includes the following topics:  
Surface water sampling with techniques common to wastewater sampling (hands-on)
Groundwater purging and sampling using peristaltic & electric submersible pumps (hands-on)
Field-QC blanks and sample preservation (hands-on)
Wrap-up classroom session (review of course topics and course evaluation)