Spellman's Standard Handbook for Wastewater Operators: Volume III, Advanced Level, Third Edition prepares readers for licensure exams and teaches how to operate wastewater treatment plants properly and effectively. This volume presents applied math and chemistry by way of real-world problems, covers equipment maintenance, and explains apparatus used in the laboratory and in the field. Filling its mission to enhance the understanding, awareness, and abilities of practicing and future operators, this volume provides the vehicle for the continuous learning and review required by the evolving, dynamic, and complex process of water treatment.

• Provides review questions and answers as well as a comprehensive practice examination for measuring the level of knowledge attained through study, on the job experience, and other sources
• Updated throughout and adds all new coverage on how AI can be practically applied in water treatment processes.
• Allows readers to build their knowledge base, step by step, page by page, as they progress through the material.