front 1 A condition where surface waters warm rapidly, expand, and become
lighter | back 1 Thermal stratification |
front 2 What are the three major water quality indicators that effect the
efficiency of | back 2 Alkalinity, algae species, and outdoor temperature |
front 3 According to the SDWA, a Public Water System is one that: | back 3 Has at least 15 service connections and serves an average of 25 people daily for at least 60 days per year |
front 4 Items essential to a sanitary survey include identification of potential hazards, the determination of factors that affect water quality and which other condition? | back 4 •The amount of process waste products •The demand of the finished water product •Hiring of qualified operators •The selection of treatment requirements |
front 5 If a lake has a surface area of 5 acres, what is the surface area as square feet? | back 5 217,800 sq ft |
front 6 Convert 9,785,500 cubic feet to gallons | back 6 73,195,540 gallons |
front 7 Aeration and Re-aeration are methods of what? | back 7 Reservoir destratification |
front 8 A disagreeable rotten egg odor noticed in a groundwater source is caused by what? | back 8 Hydrogen sulfide |
front 9 How many Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) will produce a water that is usually objectionable for aesthetic reasons? | back 9 5.0 NTU |
front 10 Soft water, turbidity, suspended solids and microbial contamination are characteristics of what raw water source? | back 10 Surface water |
front 11 Increases and decreases of a lake or reservoir pH during daylight hours are caused by what? | back 11 Photosynthesis |
front 12 What Act was signed into law on December 16, 1974? | back 12 The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) |
front 13 What is the most common primary algicide used in domestic water reservoirs? | back 13 Copper sulfate pentahydrate |
front 14 What is an advantage of single-level intake structures? | back 14 They are less costly to operate and maintain |
front 15 There are three basic rights to the use of water. Riparian and Prescriptive are two of the rights to the use of water, what is the third? | back 15 Appropriative |
front 16 Who should conduct a new water supply sanitary survey? | back 16 Persons trained in public health engineering |
front 17 Objectionable tastes and odors, shortened filter runs, fluctuating pH, dissolved oxygen depletion are all attributed to what? | back 17 Aquatic algal blooms |