Quiz Flashcards
Baking soda
Used to neutralize acids due to it’s alkaline nature( sodium bicarbonate)
Bleach chlorine
Added in very small amounts to safely disinfect drinking water, kills most bacteria and viruses
Sand
Used to filter
Charcoal
Absorbs a wide number of organic compounds dissolved or suspended in liquids
Amount of time In wastewater treatment
8-16 hours
Ph scale goes from
1-14
7 is neutral
Below seven is acidic
Above is Alkili
What two locations do waste water go
Septic tank and water treatment
BMP definition
Best management project
What was a surprising step
Adding bacteria for cleaning process
Alum, what does it do
Used to clarify water by surrounding fine particles allowing them to flucculate, after flucculation the particles will be large enough to settle and can be removed