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Water Purification Exam Study Guide
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Water - ANSWER✔✔-The most important potential common source of infectious disease (i.e., Cholera,
Shigellosis, Typhoid fever, etc); Can also be a source for chemically induced intoxications
Public health - ANSWER✔✔-Ensuring water purity is essential for _______
Microorganisms - ANSWER✔✔-Treatment and purification schemes use _____ to identify, remove and
degrade pollutants
Wastewater - ANSWER✔✔-Domestic sewage or liquid industrial waste
Wastewater treatment - ANSWER✔✔-Relies on industrial scale use of microbes for bioconversion;
Following treatment, the effluent waters suitable for release into surface waters, release to drinking
water purification facilities, NOT for drinking water.
Effluent water - ANSWER✔✔-Discharged treated wastewater
Sewage- Wastewater treatment - ANSWER✔✔-Consists of a number of steps that are spatial separated;
Its goal is to reduce organic and inorganic material in wastewater to a level that no longer supports
microbial growth and to eliminate other potentially toxic materials; Has lead to major reduction in
spread of pathogens.
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Water Purification Exam Study Guide
Solutions
Water - ANSWER✔✔-The most important potential common source of infectious disease (i.e., Cholera,
Shigellosis, Typhoid fever, etc); Can also be a source for chemically induced intoxications
Public health - ANSWER✔✔-Ensuring water purity is essential for _______
Microorganisms - ANSWER✔✔-Treatment and purification schemes use _____ to identify, remove and
degrade pollutants
Wastewater - ANSWER✔✔-Domestic sewage or liquid industrial waste
Wastewater treatment - ANSWER✔✔-Relies on industrial scale use of microbes for bioconversion;
Following treatment, the effluent waters suitable for release into surface waters, release to drinking
water purification facilities, NOT for drinking water.
Effluent water - ANSWER✔✔-Discharged treated wastewater
Sewage- Wastewater treatment - ANSWER✔✔-Consists of a number of steps that are spatial separated;
Its goal is to reduce organic and inorganic material in wastewater to a level that no longer supports
microbial growth and to eliminate other potentially toxic materials; Has lead to major reduction in
spread of pathogens.
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