CCHT ACE water treatment questions and answers with solutions 2025

CCHT ACE water treatment questions and
answers with solutions 2025
*PARTS OF A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FROM THE TOP*



Trivia: Standard In-Center HD exposes patients to 270-576 liters of water per week!



*[SIMPLIFIED VERSION]*



*ACID RAIN*

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*GROUND*

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*LAKE STREAM*

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*PUMP STATION*

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*FEED WATER*

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*BACKFLOW PREVENTION*

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*TEMPERATURE BLENDING VALVE*

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*BOOSTER PUMP*

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*CHEMICAL INJECTION SYSTEMS*

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*MULTIMEDIA/SEDIMENT FILTER*

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, *WATER SOFTENER*

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*BRINE*

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*CARBON TANKS*

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*REVERSE OSMOSIS/R.O. SYSTEM*

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*DEIONIZATION* (Only used in Emergency Back-up for the RO Systems)

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*ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (UV)*

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*DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM*

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*WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPING SYSTEMS* - ANSWER *ACID RAIN*

(picks up impurities like carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide gases that makes 'acid rain')

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*GROUND*

(forms calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate when acid rain comes in contact with limestones and other
minerals and dissolves them)

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*LAKE STREAM*

(usually picks up microbes and other sediments on the way to the pump station for filtration processes)

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*PUMP STATION*

(Alum is added to clear brown color. Chloride is added to kill bacterias, some cities add fluoride to
prevent tooth decay and others change the water pH to reduce levels of metals that might *leach* or
dissolve out of pipes into the drinking water)

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*FEED WATER*