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What are some physical characteristics of water? → Temperature, turbidity, color, taste, odor What are some chemical characteristics of water? → Hardness, pH, solids, and gases What is turbidity? → the amount of suspended matter, such as clay, silt, organic matter, and microorganisms i...

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Class D Water Operator Questions
and Answers (100% Pass)
What are some physical characteristics of water?


→ Temperature, turbidity, color, taste, odor




What are some chemical characteristics of water?


→ Hardness, pH, solids, and gases




What is turbidity?


→ the amount of suspended matter, such as clay, silt, organic

matter, and microorganisms in water




T/F Water is never found pure in nature.


→ True




Is turbidity more of a problem in groundwater or surface water?


→ Surface water




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A system's filtered water must be _______ Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)

or less in at least 95% of the measurements taken each month, and no

sample can exceed _____ NTU.


→ 0.3


1




T/F True color is dissolved in water (in solution) and cannot be removed by

filtering.


→ True. Tea in water is an example of true color.




Suspended color is called _______ color.


→ apparent




Color above ______ units is objectionable in a public water supply.


→ 15 units




A scale called the ________ measures odor.


→ Threshold Odor Number (TON)




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Odor greater than a scale of _______ is undesirable.


→ 3




Taste and odors in water result from _______, bacteria, decaying organic

matter, gases, and chemicals such as manganese, zinc, copper, iron,

magnesium, sodium, and potassium.


→ algae




Chemical characteristics of water generally cannot be detected by sight,

smell, or taste and must be determined by __________.


→ laboratory analysis




Chemical laboratory analysis must be sampled _______ per year for surface

water and normally _______ for groundwater.


→ once/year for surface water


once every three years for groundwater




Water weighs ______ lbs/gal.


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→ 8.34 lbs/gal




T/F


For water, 1 mg/L is equal to 1 part per million (ppm) by weight.


→ True




Which two minerals mainly cause hardness in water?


→ Calcium and magnesium




Is hardness more of a problem in groundwater or surface water?


→ Groundwater




Water is considered hard when it exceeds _______.


→ 100 mg/L of calcium carbonate




The pH scale ranges from _____ to _____.


→ 0 to 14




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