TERMS
Protect public health and safety by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
An open body of water to include rivers, seas, oceans and lakes
Surface Water
Some commonly used processes to remove contaminants from drinking water
Filtration, disinfection, sedimentation, flocculation
The most widely used procedure for the routine disinfection of water
Chlorination
Minimum distance wells and springs must be from a sewer line
50ft
Serve as the headquarters for Navy Medicine, manage health care activities, and ensure the operational readiness of Sailors, Marines, and their families
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY (BUMED)
Can be drawn directly by tapping into springs or by pumping from wells that are drilled into aquifers.
Ground Water
The natural process where heavy solid particles suspended in a liquid or gas slowly sink and settle at the bottom due to gravity
Sedimentation
Created by the addition of ammonia to the water that contains free chlorine
Chloaramine
A tiny single-celled organism that can be easily prevented by chlorine disinfection
Bacteria
A water-testing method that uses a filter to trap and count live bacteria, yeasts, and molds.
Membrane Heterotrophic Plate Count (mHPC)
Structures created by digging, boring or drilling access ground water in underground aquifers
Wells
A physical, chemical, or biological process that removes suspended solids, microorganisms, and impurities from water by passing it through a porous medium
Filtration
The higher the ______ of water, the better the disinfection.
Turbidity
A typical coliform bacteria organism
E.Coli
The highest-allowed concentration of a water disinfectant added to drinking water, specifically chlorine, chloramines, and chlorine dioxide.
Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL)
Formed at the intersection of of an aquifer with the ground surface, or by leakage of an artesian aquifer through a fracture or solution zone
Spring
The minimum amount of time a bottled water, in a field deployment setting, must be checked by the Preventative Medical Authority
Monthly
A chemical gas that gives the smell of rotten eggs
Hydrogen Sulfide
Protects human health and the environment, guides the creation of local environmental rules, and sets basic safety standards
Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document (OEBGD)
Classified as a body of surface water, it feeds directly into a lake or a larger river rather than directly flowing to the ocean.
Tributary
A chemical and physical process where small, suspended particles in a liquid clump together into larger clusters
Flocculation
The procedure involving the application of chlorine in greater concentrations than are needed to afford acceptable bacterial efficacy
A DoD policy that states all public water in the US will comply with the Safe Water Drinking Act.
DoD Directive 6230.1