RJ Dillon: Water Sources and Reservoir Management Flashcards

Water rights to a water supply that is acquired for the beneficial use of water by following a specific legal procedure are called?

A natural underground layer of porous, water-bearing materials usually capable of yielding a large amount of water is called?

A connection between a drinking water system and an unapproved or nonpotable water supply is called?

The theoretical time it takes for a small amount of water to pass though a tank at a given flow rate is called?

The drop in the water table or level of water in the ground when water is being pumped is called?

When is the drawdown taken?

What do you call the process by which water becomes a gas?

The process by which water vapor passes into the atmosphere from living plants is called?

The actual time in hours, minutes, or seconds that a small amount of water is in a basin or tank is called?

A detailed description of all underground features discovered during the drilling of a well is called?

What do you call the process of evaporation of water into the air and its return to earth by precipitation?

Water that contains objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents is called?

Water that is free from objectionable tastes, odors, color, and turbidity and is at a desirable temperature is called?

Disease causing organisms are called?

Water that does not contain objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or infective agents and is considered safe to drink is called?

Water rights which are acquired by diverting water and putting it to use in accordance with specified procedures are called?

Water rights which are acquired together with title to the land bordering a source of surface water are called?

When was the Safe Drinking Water Act put into law?

When was the SDWA last amended?

The annual quantity of water that can be taken from a source of supply over a period of years without depleting the source permanently is called?

A condition that occurs in water tanks or basins that causes the water entering the tank to flow on a direct path from the inlet to the outlet is called?

What is one method of fixing the problem in question 21?

Question 21:

A condition that occurs in water tanks or basins that causes the water entering the tank to flow on a direct path from the inlet to the outlet is called?

The formation of separate layers of temperature, plant, or animal life in a lake or reservoir is called?

The cloudy appearance of water caused by the presence of suspended and
colloidal matter is called?

Nephelometric units are used to measure what parameter?

What is the upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer called?

The quantity of water that can be collected for a given use from surface or groundwater sources is called?

Approximately how many feet of water evaporate annually from oceans?

What percent of treated water has groundwater as its supply source?

What percent of treated water has surface water as its supply source?

When do reservoirs or lakes destratify?

Do algal blooms occur during the winter?

The porous material just above the water table containing water is called?

A branch of medicine which studies epidemics is called?

The largest cause of water borne illnesses in the United States is?

Name five physical characteristics of water?

A water system that has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days of the year is called?

A water system that has at least 15 service connections used by year round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year round residents is called?

Any public water system that is not a community water system is classified as a?

The three basic objectives of a WTP operator are?

What is the first priority for operating a water treatment?

The gathering of a liquid or gas on the surface or interface zone of another material is called?

What do you call an electrical system designed to prevent rust, corrosion, or pitting of metallic surfaces that are in contact with water or soil?

What is the indicator organism that is found in the intestines of warm blooded animals including man and also in plants, soil, air, and water?

The development of vertical mixing within a lake or reservoir to eliminate separate layers of temperature, plant, or animal life is called?

In direct filtration, which treatment process is omitted?

Reservoirs and lakes that are rich in nutrients and very productive in terms of aquatic animal and plant life are called?

The vertical distance in feet equal to the pressure (PSI) at a specific point is called?

What do you call the lowest layer in a thermally stratified lake of reservoir?

What do you call the portion of a body of fresh water extending from the shoreline lakeward to the limit of occupancy of rooted plant life?

What is the strip of land along the shoreline between the high and low water
levels?

A reservoir or lake that has a moderate amount of nutrients is called?

Methyl Orange is used to measure what water parameter?

What is the middle layer of a thermally stratified lake or reservoir called?

Lakes and reservoirs that do not freeze during the winter and are relatively deep and generally undergo a single stratification and mixing cycle are called?

Lakes and reservoirs that are nutrient poor and contain little plant or aquatic plant or animal life are called?

What do you call the spontaneous mixing of all layers of water in a thermally stratified lake or reservoir?

What term is used to express the intensity of the basic or acidic condition of water (liquid)?

The logarithm (base ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity is called?

What is the numerical range of pH?

What do you call the process by which organisms with the aid of chlorophyll (green plant enzyme) convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) and inorganic substances into oxygen and additional plant material, using sunlight for energy?

What compounds react with chlorine to form THMs?

Why is air added to a lake or reservoir?

A flat, white disc lowered into water by a rope until it is just barely visible is called?

The point at which the Secchi Disc is barely visible is called?

The minimum odor of a water sample that can be detected after successive dilutions with odorless water is called?

The greatest dilution of a sample with odor free water that still yields a just- detectable odor is called?

Small, usually microscopic animals (such as protozoans) found in lakes and reservoirs are called?

What change takes place in a lake or reservoir during day time when there is an algal bloom?

After sundown, what change takes place in a lake or reservoir that has experienced an algal bloom?

When is the pH at its lowest level in a lake or reservoir?

After sundown, plants give off carbon dioxide which drastically reduces the dissolved oxygen level in a lake or reservoir. The oxygen depletion can cause
what event?

Regulations enacted for land areas that surround a source of water are called?

What is another name for copper sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO₄ 5 H₂0)?

What affects the efficiency of bluestone?

If the total alkalinity of a lake or reservoir is less than 50 mg/L, the effective dosage of copper sulfate is?

If the total alkalinity of a lake or reservoir is more than 50 mg/L, the effective dosage of copper sulfate is?

Which acid when added to bluestone, will delay the precipitation of copper sulfate from the bluestone solution?

What term is used to define a well or underground basin, in which the water is under pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given the opportunity?

When is the drawdown of a well taken?

What term is used to define a detailed evaluation and/or inspection of a source of water supply and all conveyances, storage, treatment and distribution facilities to ensure protection of the water supply from all pollution sources?

The gathering of a gas or liquid on the surface or interface zone of another material is called?

What do you call small, usually microscopic plants, such as algae, found in lakes and reservoirs?

What do you call small, usually microscopic animals (such as protozoans) found in lakes or reservoirs?

When a reservoir freezes, what action is necessary to protect structures and embankments?

When a reservoir freezes, ball floats for level control become virtually useless. What other level device en be used in place of the ball floats?

To protect the bubbler tube from ice formation, the tube should be equipped with what device?

What type of device is usually used for withdrawing water from a lake or reservoir?

Lakes or reservoirs are classified according to what parameter?

What type of lakes or reservoirs are operators more likely to encounter?

What is the purpose of a screen or trash rack on a multilevel intake structure?

How can you minimize the entrance of silt into the intake system of a reservoir?