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Nitrite/Nitrate MCL
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Measured as Nitrogen.
-Nitrate 1 mg/L
-Nitrate 10 mg/L(some communities are allowed 20)
Soil types
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A Strongest: Clay
B Midgrade: silt, previously disturbed soils (slope 1-1)
C Worst: sand, any excavation with water (slope 2-1)
,Safe Drinking Water Act
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Passed by congress in 1974 creating uniform national standards for drinking
water quality to ensure every public water supply would meet minimum
health standards. Set primary and secondary regulations. Created the Total
Coliform Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule and Lead and Copper Rule
among others.
Cone of depression
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Depressed water surface around a well when pumps are operating.
Positive displacement meters.
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Measures a known amount of water passing through. -Nutating disk-disk on
a spindle wobbles up and down.
-Piston-moves back and forth with flow of water.
Artesian well
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, A well that is confined or under pressure and is recharged from a distance.
Chlorine levels
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Minimum Residual: .2 mg/L
RCML: 2.0 mg/L
(recommended maximum contaminant level)
MCL: 4.0 mg/L
Insertion meter
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Inexpensive way to add a meter to existing line.
Probe with rotor is inserted through a mounting saddle.
Fire extinguishers Class A, B, C, D and K
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, A=ordinary combustibles. Wood, paper, cloth trash and plastic.
B=Flammable liquids. Gasoline, petroleum oil and paint.
C=Energized electrical equipment. Motors, transformers and appliances.
D=Combustible metals. Potassium, sodium, aluminum and magnesium.
K=Cooking oils and grease.
How is alkalinity measured?
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Alkalinity is measured in terms of carbonate hardness expressed as mg/L of
equivalent calcium carbonate.
Annular Seal(grout casing for deep wells)
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To a minimum of 50 ft deep.
Benefit of unidirectional flushing over conventional?
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It creates higher velocities that are better able to clean the pipe.
Different types of surface stream flows.