WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS III FINAL PAPER
2026 STUDY GUIDE DETAILED ANSWERS
READY
◉ When was the clean water act created?
Answer: 1972
◉ When was the clean water act revised?
Answer: 1977
◉ What's the code reference for clean water act?
Answer: 33 U.S.C 1251 et seq
◉ What do common wastewater collection systems include?
Answer: Force mains, manholes, and lift stations. NOT WWTP
◉ What's the typical daily flow average?
Answer: 70-100 population per capital
◉ What does PM mean?
Answer: Prevented maintenance
,◉ What is a blockage?
Answer: When wastewater is unable to flow as designed.
◉ What's are SSO's?
Answer: Sanitary sewer overflows.
◉ What is a bypass?
Answer: Intentional diversion of wastewater streams from any
portion of an industrial water's treatment facility.
◉ What Florida Adm. code are bypasses regulated and prohibited?
Answer: (FAC) 62-620.610
◉ When do collections or reclaim spills have to be reported?
Answer: You have to call state watch office within 24 hrs.
◉ When do you have to notify the public of a spill?
Answer: Over 1,000 gallons. Raw or Reclaim
◉ What damages equipment over time?
Answer: Corrosion
, ◉ What's poisonous and flammable and causes corrosion?
Answer: Hydrogen sulfide
◉ What is infiltration?
Answer: When water from environment enters collection system.
◉ What is exfiltration?
Answer: When wastewater exits collection system.
◉ What does (NPDES) stand for?
Answer: National pollutant discharge elimination system
◉ What do NPDES Permits do?
Answer: Prohibit Sanitary Sewer Overflows
◉ What does (CMOM) stand for?
Answer: Capacity, management, operation, and maintenance.
◉ What does (CMOM) help?
Answer: Management
2026 STUDY GUIDE DETAILED ANSWERS
READY
◉ When was the clean water act created?
Answer: 1972
◉ When was the clean water act revised?
Answer: 1977
◉ What's the code reference for clean water act?
Answer: 33 U.S.C 1251 et seq
◉ What do common wastewater collection systems include?
Answer: Force mains, manholes, and lift stations. NOT WWTP
◉ What's the typical daily flow average?
Answer: 70-100 population per capital
◉ What does PM mean?
Answer: Prevented maintenance
,◉ What is a blockage?
Answer: When wastewater is unable to flow as designed.
◉ What's are SSO's?
Answer: Sanitary sewer overflows.
◉ What is a bypass?
Answer: Intentional diversion of wastewater streams from any
portion of an industrial water's treatment facility.
◉ What Florida Adm. code are bypasses regulated and prohibited?
Answer: (FAC) 62-620.610
◉ When do collections or reclaim spills have to be reported?
Answer: You have to call state watch office within 24 hrs.
◉ When do you have to notify the public of a spill?
Answer: Over 1,000 gallons. Raw or Reclaim
◉ What damages equipment over time?
Answer: Corrosion
, ◉ What's poisonous and flammable and causes corrosion?
Answer: Hydrogen sulfide
◉ What is infiltration?
Answer: When water from environment enters collection system.
◉ What is exfiltration?
Answer: When wastewater exits collection system.
◉ What does (NPDES) stand for?
Answer: National pollutant discharge elimination system
◉ What do NPDES Permits do?
Answer: Prohibit Sanitary Sewer Overflows
◉ What does (CMOM) stand for?
Answer: Capacity, management, operation, and maintenance.
◉ What does (CMOM) help?
Answer: Management
