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What act required that local communities build and upgrade wastewater treatment plants? - Answer-The Clean Water Act of 1992 (united states) primary treatment - Answer-sedimentation and flotation secondary treatment - Answer-Biological treatment and secondary sedimentation advanced treatment - Answer-filtration and disinfection You will compare your results with the effluent limits set by... - Answer-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency List the 3 processes for treating wastewater at a waste water treatment plant? - Answer-Primary, secondary, and advanced List household or chemical items that shouldn't go down the sink or toilet? - Answer-Mercury, Grease, Medicine, and Pesticides Does storm drain (gutter) water go to the treatment plant, or does it flow directly to your local waterways? - Answer-Waterways List 3 humans activities that pollute storm drains and suggest alternative behaviors. - Answer-Car wash @ house-Going to a car wash Dog poops-Pick it up Pool Treating-Put treatment in correct facility PH - Answer-Is a measurement of how acidic or basic something is Fish, shellfish, birds, and plant life need the PH to be - Answer-Fairly neutral (6.5 to 8.5) What is the primary source of ammonia (NH3) in wastewater? - Answer-Urine Ammonia is highly - Answer-toxic What happens to bacteria when it reacts to ammonia? - Answer-Will start stealing dissolved oxygen from the water What are the units of measurement for ammonia? - Answer-Milligrams/liters (mg/L) Turbidity - Answer-A measurement of how many suspended particles are in water

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Waste Water Lab Treatment (Test 1)
Questions and Answers
What act required that local communities build and upgrade wastewater treatment
plants? - Answer-The Clean Water Act of 1992 (united states)

primary treatment - Answer-sedimentation and flotation

secondary treatment - Answer-Biological treatment and secondary sedimentation

advanced treatment - Answer-filtration and disinfection

You will compare your results with the effluent limits set by... - Answer-The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency

List the 3 processes for treating wastewater at a waste water treatment plant? - Answer-
Primary, secondary, and advanced

List household or chemical items that shouldn't go down the sink or toilet? - Answer-
Mercury, Grease, Medicine, and Pesticides

Does storm drain (gutter) water go to the treatment plant, or does it flow directly to your
local waterways? - Answer-Waterways

List 3 humans activities that pollute storm drains and suggest alternative behaviors. -
Answer-Car wash @ house-Going to a car wash
Dog poops-Pick it up
Pool Treating-Put treatment in correct facility

PH - Answer-Is a measurement of how acidic or basic something is

Fish, shellfish, birds, and plant life need the PH to be - Answer-Fairly neutral (6.5 to 8.5)

What is the primary source of ammonia (NH3) in wastewater? - Answer-Urine

Ammonia is highly - Answer-toxic

What happens to bacteria when it reacts to ammonia? - Answer-Will start stealing
dissolved oxygen from the water

What are the units of measurement for ammonia? - Answer-Milligrams/liters (mg/L)

Turbidity - Answer-A measurement of how many suspended particles are in water

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