Water meters
This is a type of mechanical meter used when flows can vary widely.
What is a compound meter?
35 degrees Celsius +- 0.5, for 24 hours.
What is the proper incubation of Total Coliform?
H2SO4
What is sulfuric acid?
EAP.
What is an "Emergency Action Plan"?
This is the amount of pure chlorine added to a water supply with a flow of 0.8 MGD and a dose of 4.9 mg/L of 65% calcium hypochlorite.
What is 21.25 pounds of pure chlorine?
Piston and Nutating
What are types of positive displacement meters.
105 degrees Celsius for a minimum of one hour.
What is the proper drying time and temp for Total Suspended Solids?
CaCO3
What is calcium carbonate?
Mild, moderate, severe, profound.
What are the four categories of hearing loss?
This is the WOR (in gpd/ft) of a rectangular clarifier 60' x 50', with a flow of 625 gpm. *The weir is on the perimeter of the tank.*
What is 4,090.9 gpd/ft?
Cost savings, conservation, accountability.
What are good reasons to use water meters?
It is the red chemical used in the fluoride test.
What is SPADNS?
H2S
What is Hydrogen sulfide?
This is the path that electricity naturally seeks.
What is "to ground"?
This is the well drawdown of a well if the static water level is 92.6 feet and a pumping level of 129.4 feet.
What is 36.8 feet?
This is a type of meter that uses sound impulses to determine flow.
What is an (ultra)sonic meter?
It is the maximum amount of mass that a sample can change in a TSS or TS test between weighings.
What is 0.0005 g, or 0.5 mg?
NaCl
What is sodium chloride, or table salt?
This is the highest step you can use safely, according to OSHA, on a step ladder?
What is the second step from the top?
This is the flowrate, in GPM, of water into a tank 8' in diameter that rises 2 inches in one minute.
What is 62.6 GPM?
This meter measures flow because the water passing through the meter induces a small amount of electrical current.
What is a magnetic meter?
It is a device that can test for multiple analytes because it can look for very specific wavelengths of light.
NH3
What is ammonia?
Trench box, shoring, proper slope
What are proper ways to stay safe in trenches?
This is the gallons of water in a pipe, 4" in diameter, one mile long.
What is 3,444 gallons?