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SWPPP
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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What /
/is /
/an /
/SWPPP? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //- //Identifies //potential //sources //of //stormwater //pollution //at //the //construction //site
-/
/Describes /
/practices //to //reduce //pollutants //in //storm //water //discharges //from //the //construction //site //
-/
/Identifies /
/procedures /
/the /
/operator /
/will /
/implement //to //comply //with //the //terms //and //conditions //of //a //construction //general //permit
Reduction /
/of /
/pollutants /
/is /
/often /
/achieved //by: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Controlling //the //volume //of //stormwater //runoff
Impervious /
/surfaces /
,/such /
/as /
/buildings, /
/homes, /
/roads, /
/sidewalks, /
/and /
/parking /
/lots, /
/can /
/significantly: //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Alter /
/the /
/natural /
/hydrology /
/of /
/the /
/land /
/by /
/increasing /
/the /
/volume, //velocity, //and //temperature //of //runoff //and //by //decreasing //its //infiltration //capacity.
Increasing /
/the /
/volume /
/and /
/velocity /
/of //stormwater //runoff //can //cause: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //Severe //stream //bank //erosion
- //Flooding
- //Degrade //the //biological //habitat //of //these //streams
, Runoff /
/from /
/an /
/unstabilized /
/construction //site //can //result //in //the //loss //of: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //approx. //35-
45 //tons //of //sediment //per //acre //each //year
The /
/primary /
/stormwater //pollutant //at //a //construction //site //is: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Sediment
Vegetative /
/cover /
/provides //
a/
/number //of //critical //benefits //in //preventing //erosion: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //Absorbs //the
//energy //of //raindrops
- //Slows //velocity //of //runoff
- //Increases //infiltration
- //Helps //bind //the //soil
It /
/is /
/usually /
/easier /
/and /
/less /
/expensive /
/to /
/prevent /
/erosion /
/than //it //is //to: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Control //sediment //from //leaving //a //construction //site
SWPPP
/ /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
What /
/is /
/an /
/SWPPP? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //- //Identifies //potential //sources //of //stormwater //pollution //at //the //construction //site
-/
/Describes /
/practices //to //reduce //pollutants //in //storm //water //discharges //from //the //construction //site //
-/
/Identifies /
/procedures /
/the /
/operator /
/will /
/implement //to //comply //with //the //terms //and //conditions //of //a //construction //general //permit
Reduction /
/of /
/pollutants /
/is /
/often /
/achieved //by: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Controlling //the //volume //of //stormwater //runoff
Impervious /
/surfaces /
,/such /
/as /
/buildings, /
/homes, /
/roads, /
/sidewalks, /
/and /
/parking /
/lots, /
/can /
/significantly: //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Alter /
/the /
/natural /
/hydrology /
/of /
/the /
/land /
/by /
/increasing /
/the /
/volume, //velocity, //and //temperature //of //runoff //and //by //decreasing //its //infiltration //capacity.
Increasing /
/the /
/volume /
/and /
/velocity /
/of //stormwater //runoff //can //cause: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //Severe //stream //bank //erosion
- //Flooding
- //Degrade //the //biological //habitat //of //these //streams
, Runoff /
/from /
/an /
/unstabilized /
/construction //site //can //result //in //the //loss //of: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //approx. //35-
45 //tons //of //sediment //per //acre //each //year
The /
/primary /
/stormwater //pollutant //at //a //construction //site //is: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Sediment
Vegetative /
/cover /
/provides //
a/
/number //of //critical //benefits //in //preventing //erosion: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //Absorbs //the
//energy //of //raindrops
- //Slows //velocity //of //runoff
- //Increases //infiltration
- //Helps //bind //the //soil
It /
/is /
/usually /
/easier /
/and /
/less /
/expensive /
/to /
/prevent /
/erosion /
/than //it //is //to: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Control //sediment //from //leaving //a //construction //site
