The Wastewater Enthusiast
Welcome! I’m a California Grade 5 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and Chief Plant Operator. I also hold a CA D3 Drinking Water Distribution Operator Certificate and a CA T2 Drinking Water Treatment Plant Operator Certificate.
This channel is here to help you become a certified wastewater treatment plant operator. I share insights from real-world plant experience, process control, and test taking strategies to help you pass your exam and start your career.
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The Wastewater Enthusiast
A little sneak peek for next week's video: my latest installment of "How To Get Certified" State by State will be Arizona! It was a lot of fun to work with ADEQ and I'm super stoked to get that one up on the channel Monday morning. Several of you have asked for me to do your State next so I'll put it up to a vote. Which State should be next?
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Ok Wastewater Grades 4 & 5 / Class A exam takers, your exam prep is next! I plan on presenting this live on Thursday Feb 12 at 12PM Pacific Time here on YouTube. This is free and open to everyone as usual. If you can’t make it, the replay will be open to everyone as well. We will go through multiple choice, a little essay writing coaching (for those who still have to do that), and a cluster of math problems. The main focus will be the multiple choice. The math is only slightly more difficult than the Grade 3 / Class B test. I often hear how caught off guard people are for the conceptual portion of these higher level tests. Hope to see you there!
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I’m doing a FREE 1 hour webinar on Pumps, Motors, and Valves in Wastewater Treatment on February 10 from 8:15-9:15 AM Pacific Time. This will be on the TrainingLink platform. I have linked to it below. This is open to everybody and I wanted to make all of my viewers and anybody who might come across this post aware. Hope to see you there!
www.dkf-traininglink.com/registration-link/webinar…
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For anybody who is a Chief Operator level member, your monthly livestream is scheduled at 12PM tomorrow 1/27! We will be talking about my primary clarifier issues and how I’m running the plant while it’s down. I’ll also discuss some behind the scenes things that happened the first 2 weeks of 2026 when it felt like everything was breaking, and how we pivoted here at the plant to keep things going and in compliance. I think I’ll be on for about 30 mins and the replay will be available for those who can’t make it. See you then!
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Some fun happenings going on at The Wastewater Enthusiast: I purchased the domain wastewaterenthusiast.com, .net, and .org! I also have a new email: shawn@wastewaterenthusiast.com so email me there for anything longer than a typical YouTube comment! If you put the website in your browser, I have it set up to forward traffic directly to my YouTube channel right now while I figure out what exactly I want to do with the website. I dunno…maybe an online academy one day? 🤔😉
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70 of you voted and a vast majority selected that our first Wastewater Terminology prep be just the Grades I & II/Class C! This will be happening LIVE this Thursday the 22nd at 12PM Pacific Time. This is FREE and open to everyone. Can’t make it? The replay will be available to watch free for everyone immediately after I am done live streaming. We will do the Grade III/Class B Terminology in March. I’ve been building the February Grades IV & V / Class A exam prep (aiming for the 3rd week of February). That one’s gonna be a doozy!
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As I build next week’s Wastewater Terminology Exam Prep I’m seeing I can go one of two ways with it. I can either do one long livestream that covers grades 1 through 3 terminology, or I could do two smaller streams. In that scenario, next week would cover grades 1 and 2 (entry level) and then grade 3 (journey level) at a later time, probably in March. Which would you prefer? Vote below!
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The next Wastewater Exam Prep Livestream will be January 22 from 12PM to 1PM Pacific Time! We will be doing a Wastewater Terminology flashcard style study session. This is free and open to everyone! The Grades V/Class A one I’m planning to do the 2nd or 3rd week of February. That will also be free and open to everyone! As usual, if you can’t make it, then the replay will be available to watch. Hope to see you there!
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Hey All! I’m letting my viewers (and anyone else who might see this) know that I’m presenting a FREE 1 hour webinar on Solids Handling January 13 from 8:15-9:15AM PST. I will be covering Thickening, Digestion, and Dewatering. It will be in a different platform called Training Link. Again, it’s free and open to everyone. The link is below and I hope to see y’all there!
www.dkf-traininglink.com/registration-link/webinar…
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You all overwhelmingly voted for Wastewater Terminology as the next livestream. This will be flashcard style, free, and open for everyone! I’m looking at the last 2 weeks of January and it’ll probably be an hour long. Those who wanted Grade V / Class A exam prep, fear not! That one is coming 2-3 weeks after the terminology one. So for Wastewater Terminology, vote below on which day works best for you! (Worth noting that the replay will be available if you can’t make it!)
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