Water Chemistry
This is the weight of a gallon of water (to the nearest pound).
8.34
This AW state has the most customers (as of most recent 10K filing).
Pennsylvania - 679k water, 97k wastewater. 60k more than NJ!
This invasive flying pest consumes fruit crops and can be seen squished on the sidewalks near 1 Water Street. It was first found in the US in Berks County, PA.
Spotted Lantern Fly
Domestic wastewater is made of mostly water, approximately this percentage is not water.
~2%
This is the largest watershed in PA.
Susquehanna
This is a pilot-scale laboratory test that simulates coagulation or flocculation with differing chemical doses.
Jar testing
This is the approximate cost of a gallon of AW tap water.
1 penny
This month has the most thunderstorms in the US.
July
This harmful gas is produced in sewer collection systems. Often described as smelling like rotten eggs.
This is Michelle's cats name.
Leo
This is is equal to −log10 c, where c is the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter. Another definition: a measure of the relative amount of free hydrogen and hydroxyl ions in the water.
pH
Total number of AW owned surface water treatment plants (within 20%).
80
After tomatoes, this is the most popular vegetable grown in American gardens.
Cucumbers
This president was in office when the Clean Water Act became law.
Nixon
This country has the shortest written Constitution.
United States
This type of pollution is responsible for increased algal blooms in surface water bodies.
Nutrient pollution.
Total number of AW owned wastewater plants (within 20%).
175
This is the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere.
Summer solstice
This is the required flow in feet per second in a wastewater gravity collection system to prevent blockage of pipes.
2 f/s
Oysters are filter feeders and can filter up to this many gallons of water per day (within 20% of value).
50 gallons
The temperature at which water is most dense (within 10%).
4C or 39.2F
This is the percentage of AW service lines estimated to contain lead.
5%
Phoenix recently spent this record breaking number of days in a row with a high temperature above 110F.
31
Roughly this many SSOs (sanitary sewer overflows) occur each year in the United States (answer within range).
23k - 75k
This percentage of the US population is reliant on the Delaware River for their drinking water.
4%, roughly 6.5 billion gallons withdrawn each day.