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Jul
13
A Battle for the Top: 2016 Top Ops Competition -
Let’s try a little experiment. If I were to ask, “During the treatment process, how often should the turbidity of water be measured?&r...
Jul
8
AWWA Unveils Updated Water System Operations Book Series -
The only book series that meets ABC’s most recent Need-to-Know Criteria
For more than 25 years, operators and trainers hav...
Oct
16
Model Standards Conformity Assessment Service -
ANKENY, Iowa - (Oct. 16, 2014) Publishing the Model Standards of Operator Certification marked a major step toward providing comprehensive...
Jan
23
How to Become an Ohio EPA Certified Operator -
ANKENY, Iowa - (Jan. 23, 2014) ABC is an approved exam provider for Ohio EPA. As an approved exam provider, ABC offers computerized operator c...
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In 1972, water and wastewater industry leaders began conversations which developed the groundwork for an association to foster operator certification throughout North America and reduce the diversity among certification programs. From those early discussions, the Association of Boards of Certification was born.
Today, our Association includes almost 100 certifying authorities, representing more than 40 states, 10 Canadian provinces as well as several international and tribal programs. These programs have certified more than 240,000 water and wastewater operators, laboratory analysts, plant maintenance technologists, biosolids land appliers, and backflow prevention assembly testers.
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