Day 1 Flashcards
New water quality guidelines and effluent standards
DAO-2016-08
Old Water Quality Guidelines
DAO 34
General Effluent Standards
DAO 35
salinity of freshwater
< 500 ppm
salinity of marine waters
< 30 ppt
chemicals that cause fishy smell
amines
chemicals that cause decayed fish
diamines
chemicals that cause rotten egg smell
hydrogen sulfide
chemicals that cause skunk smell
mercaptans
chemicals that smell rotten cabbage
organic skatoles
chemicals that smell like fecal matter
skatole
instrument that measures odor of water
olfactometer
measurement of turbidity
JTU - Jackson Turbidity Unit
equivalent of JTU
1 mg/L silica in water
turbidity of clear lake
25 JTU
turbidity of muddy water
100 JTU
instrument that measures turbidity
Secchi Disk
conditions for BOD
5 days, 20 C, pH 7
graph that shows the amount of DO in water
DO Sag Curve
What causes Itai-Itai disease
Cadmium
What causes Minimata disease
Mercury
Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Basel Convention
rate at which temperature changes with altitude
lapse rate
protocol on the control of greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol