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After March 9, 2026, you will use your unique email address to set up an ADEM Web Portal Account and then request access to OpCert Online.

Step 1:

Setting up your ADEM Web Portal Account

 

Option 1: You already have an ADEM Web Portal account for AEPACS, eDWRS or eMORS.

You’re all set! Go to Step 2.

 

Option 2: You have your own email, don’t have a Web Portal account, and want hands-on assistance.

Water and Wastewater Personnel: Attend an in-person training session at the ARWA conference in Montgomery in March or the Joint Water conference in Mobile in April.

Or attend a virtual session in the spring (TBD).

For help, email the Web Portal Help Desk: ademwebportal@adem.alabama.gov

 

Option 3: You have your own email, don’t have a Web Portal account, and want to set up an account right away. 

Full instructions on how to create an account are here: AWPUsersGuide.pdf

Passwords expire after 90 days, so I’d recommend waiting until at least February 2026. It’s easy to reset the password from the ADEM Web Portal, so if you want to start now, just plan to reset the password before the new OpCert Online system goes live.

For help, email the Web Portal Help Desk: ademwebportal@adem.alabama.gov

 

Option 4: You do not have your own email.

Get your own email address by March 2026, then choose Option 2 or 3 above.

 

Step 2:

Request access to OpCert Online from within the ADEM Web Portal.

 

Once you have a verified email address and ADEM Web Portal Account, you will need to request access to OpCert Online.

Instructions are here: AWPUsersGuide.pdf

 

This is only for active Operators, Well Drillers or their support personnel, including trainers.

You will NOT need an account to use the OpCert Online Public Search tools or to browse the OpCert Online site.

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This free Water Operator Continuing Education and Water Exam Preparation Training is offered by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and with funding from the U.S. EPA.

This 2-hour on-line training is applicable to all Alabama Water Treatment Operators but is primarily geared to Alabama Grade II Water Treatment Operators. 

The Course Syllabus and link to this training is found here.

Known as “forever chemicals”, PFAS are having and will continue to have an impact on our water and wastewater systems. Learn more about PFAS at the ITRCs (Interstate Technology Regulatory Council’s) PFAS page.

Alabama's certified water and wastewater operators are required to take continuing education classes during each three-year certification renewal cycle. During each three year period, operators must attain a minimum number of Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) described in ADEM's Division 10 regulation.

The following entities provide on-line CEH training. Please be aware that the links below are provided for information purposes only. ADEM does not pre-approve training courses and has no control over the training content or of the posting of any material on these websites. The Department takes no responsibility for the validity of these training services. It is the Operator's responsibility to identify valid CEH classes that are appropriate for the operator's individual level or grade of certification:

The purpose of water and wastewater treatment operator certification is to protect public health and welfare and to prevent pollution by classifying all water and wastewater treatment plants, water distribution systems, and public wastewater collection systems, and by establishing a program for the certification of the competency of operators to operate such plants and systems.