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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator Salary
in Nevada, United States
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$54,276 (USD)
Average Salary
$26/hr
Average Hourly
$830
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator is $54,276 a year and $26 an hour in Nevada, United States. The average salary range for a Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator is between $39,458 and $64,914. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nevada, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates water plant equipment that scrubs and purifies gases from smelting furnaces.
- Starts pumps and fans in scrubber towers and turns valves to regulate flow of water through nozzles.
- Pulls lever to open car bottom to unload lime from hopper cars into storage tanks.
- Knocks on bottom of hopper with pry bar or uses portable vibrator to loosen lime remaining in car.
- Dumps specified number of sacks of sulfate, hydroxide, and fluoride into mixer machines.
- Starts conveyors to transport mixed chemicals and lime to reactor tanks that make reagent solution.
- Observes control panel, records readings, and calculates solution temperatures, scrubber fan loads, and flow of treatment solutions, using charts and graphs.
- Changes basket screens in reactor tanks, using chain hoist, and cleans screens with water or steam.
- Collects samples of treatment solutions and sludge for laboratory analysis.
- Measures acidity or alkalinity of clarifier overflow to determine efficiency of impurity recovery, using pH meter.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator is $54,276 a year and $26 an hour in Nevada, United States. The average salary range for a Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator is between $39,458 and $64,914. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nevada, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
Job family population: 119,350
Estimated population of Chemical Water Treatment Plant Operator jobs: 216
Rate of error: 1.2%
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About Nevada, United States
Nevada Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates water plant equipment that scrubs and purifies gases from smelting furnaces.
- Starts pumps and fans in scrubber towers and turns valves to regulate flow of water through nozzles.
- Pulls lever to open car bottom to unload lime from hopper cars into storage tanks.
- Knocks on bottom of hopper with pry bar or uses portable vibrator to loosen lime remaining in car.
- Dumps specified number of sacks of sulfate, hydroxide, and fluoride into mixer machines.
- Starts conveyors to transport mixed chemicals and lime to reactor tanks that make reagent solution.
- Observes control panel, records readings, and calculates solution temperatures, scrubber fan loads, and flow of treatment solutions, using charts and graphs.
- Changes basket screens in reactor tanks, using chain hoist, and cleans screens with water or steam.
- Collects samples of treatment solutions and sludge for laboratory analysis.
- Measures acidity or alkalinity of clarifier overflow to determine efficiency of impurity recovery, using pH meter.
Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
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