Schneider Electric launches free seminar series

The Schneider Electric Water Wastewater Competency Center is offering Water Wastewater Seminar Series for plant managers, engineering staff, consultants and others involved in the design and operations of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Held at multiple locations around the country, the free, daylong educational programs provide advanced training on power reliability and efficiency within water and wastewater applications...
Aug. 16, 2007
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NASHVILLE, TN, Aug. 15, 2007 -- The Schneider Electric Water Wastewater Competency Center is offering Water Wastewater Seminar Series for plant managers, engineering staff, consultants and others involved in the design and operations of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Held at multiple locations around the country, the free, daylong educational programs provide advanced training on power reliability and efficiency within water and wastewater applications.

"The single greatest attribute of our Water Wastewater Competency Center is the level of expertise that our people bring to the marketplace," said Marvin Shotts, director of the Schneider Electric Water Wastewater Competency Center. "This seminar series is the ideal forum to bring some of that knowledge to water and wastewater professionals around the country. It allows everyone, whether they're a Schneider Electric customer or not, to benefit from our specialization in issues associated with electrical distribution and controls systems."

Seminar dates and locations can be found online at www.WWCCTraining.com.

Topics that will be covered in each full-day seminar include:
• Power quality and reliability
• Energy audits
• New technologies and migration issues in automation platforms
• Fail-safe automation and SCADA systems
• Ethernet networks and security issues
• Variable frequency drive application issues
• Harmonic mitigation techniques
• Intelligent motor control
• Improving reliability by maximizing available information

"Water and wastewater systems are large and complex," Shotts said. "Ensuring reliability within a system requires expertise in numerous fields, including electrical power and control systems. Our seminar series provides a look into some of the advancements made in these areas, and allows participants to see how they can directly benefit from those new technologies."

Based in Nashville, Tenn., the Water Wastewater Competency Center brings together a team of seasoned professionals, including application and quotation specialists, design engineers, project managers and more, each specializing in water and wastewater treatment facilities.

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