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What are the steps of the Water Use Cycle?
Answer:
Environment
Water Treatment
Water Distribution System
Customer Use
Wastewater Collection System
Wastewater Treatment
Environment
What are the benefits of the collection system?
Answer:
Removal of health hazards
Prevention of odors and flies
Cleanliness and appearance
Comfort and convenience
Septic vs. Fresh wastewater?
Answer:
Septic wastewater doesn't contain dissolved oxygen and is difficult to treat.
Fresh wastewater contains dissolved oxygen and is easier to treat, which results in higher
quality effluent.
What is Inflow?
Answer:
Surface runoff that enters the collection system.
, What is Infiltration?
Answer:
Groundwater that enters the collection system through holes, cracks, etc.
What is the average domestic contribution to the collection system? (Per person/day)
Answer:
100 gallons per day.
What are the four wastewater characteristics?
Answer:
Physical
Chemical
Bacteriological
Radiological
Domestic wastewater is ___% water and ___% solids.
Answer:
99.9% water
0.1% solids
What are settleable solids?
Answer:
Suspended solids that will settle when wastewater flow is still or slow moving.
What is the pH scale range?
Answer:
0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic), 7 is neutral.