# Water 160: Wastewater Treatment and Disposal I

- By: Nick Steffen
- Publisher: College of the Canyons
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://workforce.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Water_Systems_Technology/Water_160%3A_Wastewater_Treatment_and_Disposal_I_(Steffen))
- Licence: CC BY
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This text presents the basic operating principles and techniques of conventional wastewater treatment processes including preliminary treatment, primary treatment, and secondary treatment, as well as wastewater quality assessment, wastewater collection, and wastewater disposal. Assists in preparation for Grade 1/2 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certificate examination given by the State of California Water Resources Control Board.