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Water-and-waste-water Questions Set 14:

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Crown corrosion in a reinforced concrete sewer is caused by:

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Which section of the Clean Air Act directs the Administrator to develop regulations?

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The CWA made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained.

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Determination of the presence and absence of any component in water is called ______.

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Total Kjeldahl nitrogen is a measure of

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At the same mean velocity, the ratio of head loss per unit length for a sewer pipe flowing full to that for the same pipe flowing half full would be

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Compute the difference in the population at the end of the year 2020 and 2026 for a city whose population in the year 1950 was 25000 and in the year 1990 was 47000.Make use of geometric increase method.

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Which of the following is not a specific criterion for calculating surface overflow rate in sedimentation tank design?

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A wastewater sample diluted to 100 times with aeration water had an initial dissolved oxygen (DO) of 7 mg/L and after 5 days of incubation at 20°C, the DO was 0 mg/L. The BOD of the wastewater cannot be determined from the given information.

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A drain carrying sewage with a BOD of 200 mg/L and a flow rate of 50 m³/s joins a river whose upstream BOD is 8 mg/L and flow rate is 500 m³/s. Assuming immediate and complete mixing of the drain with the river, what is the estimated downstream BOD of the river flow?

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