Choose the program that matches your North Carolina operator certification. Water CE Online provides self-paced training for Wastewater Continuing Education (CE) and Drinking Water Professional Growth Hours (PGH).
Start with the approval track that matches your operator certification.
Self-paced continuing education designed for North Carolina wastewater operators. Browse courses and check each course's Wastewater CE approval status before enrolling for state credit.
Explore Wastewater CESelf-paced professional growth training designed for North Carolina drinking-water operators. Browse courses and check each course's Drinking Water PGH approval status before enrolling for state credit.
Explore Drinking Water PGHSome operators maintain both drinking-water and wastewater credentials. Each course displays its approval status separately for both programs so you can determine which approval applies to you.
North Carolina operators are subject to annual continuing-education requirements.
Wastewater operators use approved Continuing Education (CE), while drinking-water operators use approved Professional Growth Hours (PGH).
Before taking a course for state credit, always check the course's current approval status and applicable North Carolina course number.
Register and keep your training in one place.
Wastewater CE or Drinking Water PGH. If you hold both certifications, review both approval tracks.
Select an individual course or the complete shared catalog.
Work through each required course section in order.
Meet the 80% Water CE Online provider completion requirement. Retakes are available.
Access your history and any program certificate for which your completion is eligible.
Every card shows Wastewater CE and Drinking Water PGH approval separately.
A practical operator-focused introduction to centrifugal pumping systems commonly encountered in drinking-water and wastewater facilities.
A practical course on using routine operator rounds, inspection checklists, operating history, and simple preventive-maintenance practices to detect developing equipment and process problems before they become failures.
A practical overview of common valve and piping functions in water and wastewater facilities.
A practical operator-math course focused on calculations used in routine utility work rather than certification-exam preparation.
A practical introduction to energy use in water and wastewater facilities.
A practical, manufacturer-neutral course on liquid chemical-feed systems used at water and wastewater facilities.
This practical operator course explains how routine sampling and field measurements support treatment-process decisions.
This course teaches operators how to turn routine operating information into useful decisions.
Requested duration is proposed and subject to beta-test validation. State credit depends on an active approval for the applicable program covering your completion date.
Approval for state credit remains course- and program-specific.
Build practical knowledge across the complete shared Water CE Online catalog.
Save $80.60 compared with buying all eight individually.
Focus on a specific topic and review its separate program approvals before enrolling for state credit.
Already purchased a course? The package unlocks remaining courses at the full package price; prior purchases are not prorated.
INDEPENDENT EDUCATION PROVIDERCourses focus on everyday operator responsibilities, with manufacturer-neutral examples and practical scenarios. Water CE Online is an independent education provider, not a state agency or an affiliate of NC DEQ.
Apply clear concepts to familiar equipment and operational situations.
See each course’s Wastewater CE and Drinking Water PGH status before enrolling.
Complete the required sections, knowledge checks, scenario, and assessment. Your completion is saved, and eligible program certificates are available from your dashboard.
Certificates depend on recorded program approval covering your completion date. The 80% assessment threshold is our provider completion policy.
My CertificatesThey are separate North Carolina operator continuing-education programs. Wastewater operators use Continuing Education (CE), while drinking-water operators use Professional Growth Hours (PGH). A course’s approval is recorded and displayed separately for each program.
Choose the program that matches your North Carolina operator certification. Visit the Wastewater CE or Drinking Water PGH page to view the shared catalog through that program’s approval track.
Select Both in your student profile and review both approval rows on every course. Approval under one program does not automatically apply to the other.
Yes, a course may have separate active approvals for both programs. It may also be approved for only one program or for neither. The course card shows each status independently.
No. Purchasing or completing a course does not by itself make it eligible for state credit. State credit is represented only when the course has an active recorded approval for the applicable program covering your completion date.
Start with Wastewater CE or Drinking Water PGH, then verify each course’s current status.