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Calculate the annual power cost to operate the following UV disinfection system;
assume all lamps are used 365 days per year.
Power cost = $0.10/kWh
Lamp power used = 700 W, and
Number of lamps = 50


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$3500 per year




What are the components of an effective safety program?


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, Regular safety briefings, daily practice, a strong advocate for safety, and a
strong central leader.




On a secondary clarifier drive unit, it is recommended that the torque switches be
checked


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Weekly




Lime coagulation will be most successful in removing which heavy metal?


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Arsenic




The condition when a column of water that typically travels downward in an aerator
draft tube reverses and starts flowing upward is called


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Flooding




What type of microorganism is prevalent in the second stage of anaerobic digestion?


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, Methane-forming bacteria




Given the following information about a primary clarifier:
Sludge is very thin,
Sludge collector motor running,
The flow over the weirs appears normal, and
Sludge collector is moving
What is the most probable problem?


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Excessive sludge pumping




Before doing maintenance on the lamps of a UV disinfection system, the power to the
lamps must be turned off so exposed lamps out of the water do not cause what?


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Burns to the eyes and skin




The local water resource recovery facility has three 60-ft (18 m) diameter anaerobic
digesters that are 35 ft deep. Given the following information calculate the volatile
solids reduction.
Thickened sludge flow = 11 L/s (250,000 gpd)
Thickened sludge percent solids = 4.1%
Thickened sludge percent volatile solids = 78%
Digested sludge transferred per day = 6.3 L/s (144,000 gpd)
Digested sludge percent solids = 2.61%
Digested sludge percent volatile solids = 64%

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