Quiz Flashcards

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Baking soda

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Used to neutralize acids due to it’s alkaline nature( sodium bicarbonate)

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2
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Bleach chlorine

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Added in very small amounts to safely disinfect drinking water, kills most bacteria and viruses

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3
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Sand

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Used to filter

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4
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Charcoal

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Absorbs a wide number of organic compounds dissolved or suspended in liquids

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5
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Amount of time In wastewater treatment

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8-16 hours

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6
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Ph scale goes from

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1-14
7 is neutral
Below seven is acidic
Above is Alkili

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7
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What two locations do waste water go

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Septic tank and water treatment

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8
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BMP definition

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Best management project

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9
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What was a surprising step

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Adding bacteria for cleaning process

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10
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Alum, what does it do

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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

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