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Water Treatment – Questions & Answers (100%)What types of water rights are acquired with title to the land bordering a
source of surface water? Correct Ans - Riparian Water Rights
What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by
following specific legal procedure? Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct Ans - Direct Runoff
Generally, surface water is characterized by traits such as.... Correct
Ans - soft water, turbidity, suspended solids, some color, and microbial
contamination.
Generally, ground water is characterized by traits such as... Correct 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... Correct Ans - Water Table
physical characteristics relate to the sseensory qualities of water for
domestic use such as the water's Correct Ans - observed coor,
turbiditu, temperature, taste, and odor.
Chemical differences between waters include Correct Ans - mineral
content and the presence or absence f constituents such as fluoride, sulfide,
and aacids.
Biological character of water refers to the Correct Ans - presence of
organisms, alive or dead, and their metabolic products
, In the operation of water treatment plants, three basic objectives are
controlling... Correct 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... Correct 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.... Correct Ans - cintrufugal pump
this type of pump uses an impeller-diffuser to push water using a Venturi
throat to get velocity... Correct Ans - Jet Pump
Reciprocating Pump Correct Ans - uses a piston or diaphragm to
move liquid and is also used for injecting chemicals into our water.
Rotary Pumps Correct Ans - uses a rotating mechanism to move
liquid also used for injecting chemicals into our water.
The Impeller Correct Ans - The impeller is the heart of the pump
that spins liquid outward by centrifugal force.
The "shaft" of a pump... Correct 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 Correct Ans - The impeller sets inside the pump
casing. The shaft goes through it. There should be no strain whatsoever on
the casing.
Nutrients promote Eutrophication of a lake from... Correct Ans -
Phosphates, Nitrates, organic nitrogen compounds and cause the growth of
algal blooms.
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