Need-to-Know Criteria

Study materials to help you succeed.

The Need-to-Know Criteria documents provide the exam specifications and job tasks covered on WPI’s standardized exams.

Please get in touch with the certifying authority for your state, province, or geopolitical region to determine which exam preparation materials are appropriate for your jurisdiction and exam date.

The Need-to-Know Criteria documents may only be reproduced with written permission from testing@gowpi.org

Standardized Water Treatment Operator Need-to-Know

Standardized Water Distribution Operator Need-to-Know

Standardized Wastewater Collection Operator Need-to-Know

Standardized Wastewater Treatment Operator Need-to-Know

Standardized Biological Industrial Waste Treatment Operator

Standardized Biosolids Land Application

Standardized Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester

Standardized Physical Chemical Industrial Waste Treatment Operator

Standardized Plant Maintenance Technologist

Standardized Wastewater Laboratory Analyst

Standardized Water Laboratory Analyst

Standardized Small Wastewater System Operator

Standardized Very Small Water System Operator

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