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Water Treatment Questions and Correct
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What types of water rights are acquired with title to the land bordering
a source of surface water?
Ans: Riparian Water Rights
What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by
following specific legal procedure?
Ans: Appropriative Water Rights
What type of rights are acquired by diverting water, to which other
parties may or may not have prior claims, and putting it to use for a
period of time specified by statute?
Ans: Prescriptive Water Rights
Water that drains from saturated or impermeable surfaces, into stream
channels and then into natural or artificial storage sites or into the
ocean in costal areas is called?
Ans: Direct Runoff
Generally, surface water is characterized by traits such as....
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Ans: soft water, turbidity, suspended solids, some color, and
microbial contamination.
Generally, ground water is characterized by traits such as...
Ans: Higher levels of dissolved gasses, lower levels of of color,
relatively high hardness, and freedom from microbial
contamination.
The upper surface of the zone of saturation, if not confined by
impermeable material, is called the...
Ans: Water Table
physical characteristics relate to the sseensory qualities of water for
domestic use such as the water's
Ans: observed coor, turbiditu, temperature, taste, and odor.
Chemical differences between waters include
Ans: mineral content and the presence or absence f
constituents such as fluoride, sulfide, and aacids.
Biological character of water refers to the
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Ans: presence of organisms, alive or dead, and their metabolic
products
In the operation of water treatment plants, three basic objectives are
controlling...
Ans: 1) production of a safe drinking water, 2) Production of an
aesthetically pleasing drinking water, 3) production of drinking
water at a reasonable cost with respect to capital and also
operation and maintenance costs.
a water well is an...
Ans: excavation or structure created in the ground by digging,
driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in
underground aquifers.
one of the most used pumps that uses an impeller to spin the liquid
outward is know as a....
Ans: cintrufugal pump
this type of pump uses an impeller-diffuser to push water using a
Venturi throat to get velocity...
Ans: Jet Pump
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Reciprocating Pump
Ans: uses a piston or diaphragm to move liquid and is also used
for injecting chemicals into our water.
Rotary Pumps
Ans: uses a rotating mechanism to move liquid also used for
injecting chemicals into our water.
The Impeller
Ans: The impeller is the heart of the pump that spins liquid
outward by centrifugal force.
The "shaft" of a pump...
Ans: supports the impeller, is covered by a sleeve, and can be
made of several different metals depending on the liquid being
pumped.
The Pump Casing
Ans: The impeller sets inside the pump casing. The shaft goes
through it. There should be no strain whatsoever on the casing.
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Water Treatment Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What types of water rights are acquired with title to the land bordering
a source of surface water?
Ans: Riparian Water Rights
What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by
following specific legal procedure?
Ans: Appropriative Water Rights
What type of rights are acquired by diverting water, to which other
parties may or may not have prior claims, and putting it to use for a
period of time specified by statute?
Ans: Prescriptive Water Rights
Water that drains from saturated or impermeable surfaces, into stream
channels and then into natural or artificial storage sites or into the
ocean in costal areas is called?
Ans: Direct Runoff
Generally, surface water is characterized by traits such as....
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Ans: soft water, turbidity, suspended solids, some color, and
microbial contamination.
Generally, ground water is characterized by traits such as...
Ans: Higher levels of dissolved gasses, lower levels of of color,
relatively high hardness, and freedom from microbial
contamination.
The upper surface of the zone of saturation, if not confined by
impermeable material, is called the...
Ans: Water Table
physical characteristics relate to the sseensory qualities of water for
domestic use such as the water's
Ans: observed coor, turbiditu, temperature, taste, and odor.
Chemical differences between waters include
Ans: mineral content and the presence or absence f
constituents such as fluoride, sulfide, and aacids.
Biological character of water refers to the
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Ans: presence of organisms, alive or dead, and their metabolic
products
In the operation of water treatment plants, three basic objectives are
controlling...
Ans: 1) production of a safe drinking water, 2) Production of an
aesthetically pleasing drinking water, 3) production of drinking
water at a reasonable cost with respect to capital and also
operation and maintenance costs.
a water well is an...
Ans: excavation or structure created in the ground by digging,
driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in
underground aquifers.
one of the most used pumps that uses an impeller to spin the liquid
outward is know as a....
Ans: cintrufugal pump
this type of pump uses an impeller-diffuser to push water using a
Venturi throat to get velocity...
Ans: Jet Pump
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Reciprocating Pump
Ans: uses a piston or diaphragm to move liquid and is also used
for injecting chemicals into our water.
Rotary Pumps
Ans: uses a rotating mechanism to move liquid also used for
injecting chemicals into our water.
The Impeller
Ans: The impeller is the heart of the pump that spins liquid
outward by centrifugal force.
The "shaft" of a pump...
Ans: supports the impeller, is covered by a sleeve, and can be
made of several different metals depending on the liquid being
pumped.
The Pump Casing
Ans: The impeller sets inside the pump casing. The shaft goes
through it. There should be no strain whatsoever on the casing.
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