Wastewater collections and Treatment Quizzes &
100% Correct Answers
WWTP
Waste water treatment plant
STP
Sewage treatment plant
Point source pollutants
pollutants come from one single pipe or source
non point source
pollution from runoff (ex: farming land)
pipe that delivers the point source
outfall pipe
black water
sewage from toilets
grey water
water from sinks and showers
wastewater contaminants
organic matter, solids, pathogens, nutrients
organic matter comes from:
, fecal matter
organic matter is
anything that has carbon, hydrogen, and or oxygen, sulfer, phosphorus, when carbon is in an
organic form
hydrocarbons
oil, natural gas
biological compounds
sugars, proteins, fats
solids:
fecal matter, tissue paper, and toilet paper
pathogens:
cause disease
nutrients:
nitrogen and phosphorous urine and soap
most important in wastewater treatment
removing pathogens
second most important to remove in wastewater treatment
organic matter and solids
oxygen depletion, photosynthesis, reaeration from atmosphere
100% Correct Answers
WWTP
Waste water treatment plant
STP
Sewage treatment plant
Point source pollutants
pollutants come from one single pipe or source
non point source
pollution from runoff (ex: farming land)
pipe that delivers the point source
outfall pipe
black water
sewage from toilets
grey water
water from sinks and showers
wastewater contaminants
organic matter, solids, pathogens, nutrients
organic matter comes from:
, fecal matter
organic matter is
anything that has carbon, hydrogen, and or oxygen, sulfer, phosphorus, when carbon is in an
organic form
hydrocarbons
oil, natural gas
biological compounds
sugars, proteins, fats
solids:
fecal matter, tissue paper, and toilet paper
pathogens:
cause disease
nutrients:
nitrogen and phosphorous urine and soap
most important in wastewater treatment
removing pathogens
second most important to remove in wastewater treatment
organic matter and solids
oxygen depletion, photosynthesis, reaeration from atmosphere
