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Bringing 36 years of experience in the wastewater and water industry, you can trust us with your training.

    About Us

    Get Certified H2O was created to train operators in water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure maintenance and operations. The company was founded by David Van Riper to give operators an option to access better training. The company was started when I was the Director of Municipal Utilities at the City of Galveston. The City needed to train 50 employees to get D level certification with the TCEQ for water and wastewater. We accomplished this in one week teaching 2 20-hour courses.

    Get Certified H2O has taught classes at Galveston College, Alvin Community College for the City of Lake Jackson, Pearland, Galveston, Huntsville and the Private Sector.

    Take a look at the variety of courses we offer

    Get Certified H2O is committed to delivering the best training program that suits the needs of the operators of your organization.

    Bringing 36 years of experience in the wastewater and water industry.

    Basic Water

    Operations

    Basic Wastewater

    Operations

    Wastewater Collection

    Wastewater Treatment

    Ground Water Production

    Water Distribution

    Activated Sludge

    Get Certified H2O was created to train operators in water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure maintenance and operations. The company was founded by David Van Riper to give operators an option to access better training.

    Meet Our Owner

    Protecting the environment, downstream users, and the health and safety of the people of Texas.

    David Van Riper

    I personally have 15 Years experience as a department head for water utilities for the City of Galveston, Lake Jackson and Pearland.

    I also have four years experience in industrial environmental work with NRG, the largest producer of power in the United States. I served as an Environmental Specialist and managed solid waste permits, spill plans, wastewater discharge permits and managed the Public Water Systems for two power plants.

    I served on the Board for Gulf Coast Water Authority representing Galveston County and was President of the Gulf Area Utilities District for several years.

    I am Certified Public Manager and a member of the Double A club.

    Above all, I operated several systems as a B and C operator for the City of Webster, Clear Lake City Water Authority, Eco Resources, and the City of Hitchcock.

    Certifications

    Univ. of Virginia- Leadership Education and Development

    Univ. of Houston- Bachelor of Environmental Management

    A Water Operator TCEQ

    A Wastewater Operator TCEQ

    Certified Public Manager