Training Resources
Welcome to the H2infO Training Page! The resources found within this page have been collected from across the U.S. Water Partnership with the goal of aiding in the education and preparation of H2infO users all over the world working to address unique water challenges.
Training Resources
Disinfecting Wells With Chlorine
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to disinfect a well using chlorine. Disinfecting a well involves calculating the required amount of chlorine compound, mixing and applying the solution.Read more
Water for the World: Maintaining Water Storage Tanks
U.S. Agency for International Development
The maintenance of water storage tanks is necessary to ensure the quality of the water stored. This technical note describes the maintenance of cisterns, ground level storage tanks, and elevated tanks.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater for the World: Designing Stabilization Ponds
U.S. Agency for International Development
A stabilization pond is a large shallow excavation that receives sewage from a sewage system, detains the sewage so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. This technical note describes the basic design of a...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater for the World: Designing a System of Two or Three Stabilization Ponds
U.S. Agency for International Development
A system of stabilization ponds is an arrangement of two or more ponds connected by pipes that receives sewage, detains it so that biological process can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. This technical note describes the basic features of...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater for the World: Operating and Maintaining Mechanically Aerated Lagoons
U.S. Agency for International Development
A mechanically operated lagoon is a large, lined excavation that receives sewage, mixes it with oxygen so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the sewage as treated sewage. Correct operation and maintenance is important because a neglected...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater for the World: Operating and Maintaining Stabilization Ponds
U.S. Agency for International Development
A stabilization pond is a large shallow excavation that receives sewage from a sewage system, detains the sewage so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. Correct operation and maintenance is important because a...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaGuides to the Design of Water Treatment Plants
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August 19, 1960U.S. Agency for International Development
Guides to the design of water treatment plants. The design of water works involves the consideration of many engineering details in the light of specific local conditions. Details of design, therefore, cannot be standardized in any fixed pattern which would eliminate the necessity for the engineer...Read more
Manual on Water Desalination: Economics, Appendices
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April 1, 1967U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS APPENDIX TO VOLUMES I AND II OF THE MANUAL LISTS EXISTING DESALINATION PLANTS, TECHNICAL DATA ON PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER AND BRACKISH WATER, AND OUTLINES SAMPLE SURVEY QUESTIONNARIES FOR BOTH TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES. IT INCLUDES ESTIMATING AIDS AND NOMOGRAPHS FOR DETERMINING...Read more
Manual on Water Desalination: Technology, Chaps. 5-7
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April 1, 1967U.S. Agency for International Development
PART TWO OF VOLUME 1 (WHICH COVERS DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY) DESCRIBES TYPICAL DESALINATION PLANTS USING DISTILLATION, FREEZING, VACUUM FREEZING, AND MEMBRANE OSMOSIS PROCESSES. IT DISCUSSES THE FEASIBILITY OF COMBINING DESALINATION PLANTS WITH ELECTRIC POWER OR OF COMBINING DESALINATION WITH THE...Read more
Manual on Water Desalination: Economics, Chaps. 8-11
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April 1, 1967U.S. Agency for International Development
VOLUME 2 OF THIS DESALINATION MANUAL CONCERNS THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF DESALINATION PROJECTS. IT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE INITIATION OF A PROGRAM FOR DEFINING AND SOLVING THE WATER SHORTAGE PROBLEMS OF A PARTICULAR REGION OR NATION. THIS VOLUME TELLS HOW TO DRAW UP A WATER DEVELOPMENT PLAN,...Read more