TX CLASS C WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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Terms in this set (233)
Preliminary Treatment the 1st stage of sewage treatment where large debris, such as
sticks, grit, and rags pas through a screen followed by a grit
chamber, where the flow of water is slowed enough to allow for
sedimentation.
What stage of treatment is preliminary treatment
grit removal usually
accomplished in?
Rotating Biological a type of biological secondary treatment process
Contactor
How are protozoa (cause of disinfection
amoebic dysentery)
destroyed?
Other than stream aquifer recharge, evaporation in a pond, and application to
discharge, what are other farm land by irrigation
ways to dispose of effluent
wastewater?
Clean Water Act gives the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into
the waters of the United States
Texas Water Code gives the TCEQ jurisdiction over discharges of waste into or
adjacent to water in the state
, TCEQ
Who reviews plans and
specifications for new
construction projects
before construction
begins?
Water quality fees may be as $115,000
high as ____________ per
permit?
Administrative penalties, $25,000
up to __________ per day
for each violation, may be
assessed against any
violator.
Every city with more than 10,000
________ in population
needs to establish a water
pollution control program
and hire qualified personnel
to administer it.
State law requires that 20
reports are to be submitted
no later than the ________th
day of the following month.
What are major surface segments
waters classified as for the
purposes of water quality
management and
designation of sitespecific
standards?
, Inflow direct discharges of storm water or surface water into a
wastewater collection system (storm drains, roof gutters,
yard drains, basement sump pumps and broken manholes
and wastewater lines).
100
How many gallons per day
will each person contribute to
the wastewater treatment
plant?
How much BOD will each 0.17
person contribute to the
wastewater treatment plant
each day?
Cause of septic wastewater bacterial action
Classifications of solids in fixed/ash, suspended/dissolved, organic/inorganic
wastewater
Organic compounds in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (animal and vegetable in
wastewater include nature)
Type of organic matter proteins
present in wastewater
BOD is a measure of what? oxygen used up
Ways that oxygen can be untreated waste discharges, algae masses at night, and high
depleted in streams BOD in the effluent
A gas found in treatment dissolved oxygen
systems that is NOT
dangerous
Cycles of decay include carbon, nitrogen and sulfur
LICENSE / LATEST VERSION ACTUAL EXAM AND
STUDY GUIDE 230+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (233)
Preliminary Treatment the 1st stage of sewage treatment where large debris, such as
sticks, grit, and rags pas through a screen followed by a grit
chamber, where the flow of water is slowed enough to allow for
sedimentation.
What stage of treatment is preliminary treatment
grit removal usually
accomplished in?
Rotating Biological a type of biological secondary treatment process
Contactor
How are protozoa (cause of disinfection
amoebic dysentery)
destroyed?
Other than stream aquifer recharge, evaporation in a pond, and application to
discharge, what are other farm land by irrigation
ways to dispose of effluent
wastewater?
Clean Water Act gives the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into
the waters of the United States
Texas Water Code gives the TCEQ jurisdiction over discharges of waste into or
adjacent to water in the state
, TCEQ
Who reviews plans and
specifications for new
construction projects
before construction
begins?
Water quality fees may be as $115,000
high as ____________ per
permit?
Administrative penalties, $25,000
up to __________ per day
for each violation, may be
assessed against any
violator.
Every city with more than 10,000
________ in population
needs to establish a water
pollution control program
and hire qualified personnel
to administer it.
State law requires that 20
reports are to be submitted
no later than the ________th
day of the following month.
What are major surface segments
waters classified as for the
purposes of water quality
management and
designation of sitespecific
standards?
, Inflow direct discharges of storm water or surface water into a
wastewater collection system (storm drains, roof gutters,
yard drains, basement sump pumps and broken manholes
and wastewater lines).
100
How many gallons per day
will each person contribute to
the wastewater treatment
plant?
How much BOD will each 0.17
person contribute to the
wastewater treatment plant
each day?
Cause of septic wastewater bacterial action
Classifications of solids in fixed/ash, suspended/dissolved, organic/inorganic
wastewater
Organic compounds in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (animal and vegetable in
wastewater include nature)
Type of organic matter proteins
present in wastewater
BOD is a measure of what? oxygen used up
Ways that oxygen can be untreated waste discharges, algae masses at night, and high
depleted in streams BOD in the effluent
A gas found in treatment dissolved oxygen
systems that is NOT
dangerous
Cycles of decay include carbon, nitrogen and sulfur
