Water treatment class c license
Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
What are appropriative rights - Answer: Rights to a water supply which is acquired for the beneficial use
of water by following a specific legal procedure
A natural under ground layer of porous, water bearing materials usually capable of yielding a large
amount of water is called ? - Answer: Aquifer
A connection betweenness a drinking water system and an unapproved water supply is called ? -
Answer: Cross connection
The theoretical time it takes for a small amount of water to pass through a tank at a given rate of flow is
called - Answer: Detention time
The drop in the water table or level of water in the ground when water is being pumped from a well is
called - Answer: Drawdown
When do you take a draw down - Answer: When the pump is running
What do you call the process by which water becomes a gas - Answer: Evaporation
The process by which water vapor passes into the atmosphere from living plants is called - Answer:
Evapotranspiration or transpiration
The actual time in hours , minutes, or seconds that a small amount of water is in a basin or a tank is
called - Answer: Detention time
A detailed description of all underground features discovered during the drilling of a wells called -
Answer: Geological log
, Water that contains objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents is called -
Answer: Non-potable water
Water that is free from objectionable tastes, odors, color, turbidity, and is at a desirable temperature is
called - Answer: Palatable
What are disease causing organisms called - Answer: Pathogens
Water that does not contain objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents and is
considered safe to drink is called - Answer: Potable
Water rights which are acquired by diverting water putting to use in accordance with specified
procedures are called - Answer: Prescriptive rights
Water rights acquired together with title to the to the land bordering a source of surface water is called -
Answer: Riparian right
When was the safe drinking water act put into law - Answer: 1974
When was the SDWA last amended - Answer: 1996
The annual quantity of water that can be taken from a source of supply over a period of years without
depleting the source permanently is called - Answer: Safe yield
The formation of separate layers of temperature, plant, or animal life in a lake or reservoir is called -
Answer: Stratification
The cloudy appearance of water caused by presence of suspended and colloidal matter is called -
Answer: Turbidity
nephelometric turbidity units are used to measure what - Answer: Turbidity
Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
What are appropriative rights - Answer: Rights to a water supply which is acquired for the beneficial use
of water by following a specific legal procedure
A natural under ground layer of porous, water bearing materials usually capable of yielding a large
amount of water is called ? - Answer: Aquifer
A connection betweenness a drinking water system and an unapproved water supply is called ? -
Answer: Cross connection
The theoretical time it takes for a small amount of water to pass through a tank at a given rate of flow is
called - Answer: Detention time
The drop in the water table or level of water in the ground when water is being pumped from a well is
called - Answer: Drawdown
When do you take a draw down - Answer: When the pump is running
What do you call the process by which water becomes a gas - Answer: Evaporation
The process by which water vapor passes into the atmosphere from living plants is called - Answer:
Evapotranspiration or transpiration
The actual time in hours , minutes, or seconds that a small amount of water is in a basin or a tank is
called - Answer: Detention time
A detailed description of all underground features discovered during the drilling of a wells called -
Answer: Geological log
, Water that contains objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents is called -
Answer: Non-potable water
Water that is free from objectionable tastes, odors, color, turbidity, and is at a desirable temperature is
called - Answer: Palatable
What are disease causing organisms called - Answer: Pathogens
Water that does not contain objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents and is
considered safe to drink is called - Answer: Potable
Water rights which are acquired by diverting water putting to use in accordance with specified
procedures are called - Answer: Prescriptive rights
Water rights acquired together with title to the to the land bordering a source of surface water is called -
Answer: Riparian right
When was the safe drinking water act put into law - Answer: 1974
When was the SDWA last amended - Answer: 1996
The annual quantity of water that can be taken from a source of supply over a period of years without
depleting the source permanently is called - Answer: Safe yield
The formation of separate layers of temperature, plant, or animal life in a lake or reservoir is called -
Answer: Stratification
The cloudy appearance of water caused by presence of suspended and colloidal matter is called -
Answer: Turbidity
nephelometric turbidity units are used to measure what - Answer: Turbidity
