Experiences
Mining History
Rules and Regs
Water Quality
Professors
100

This career involves sharing expert advice with clients.

Consulting

100

What Keweenaw lake was first put on the EPA’s superfund site list for mine waste dumping impacts?

Torch Lake

100

This act was established in 1972 to restore and maintain clean and healthy waters

Clean Water Act

100

This parameter measures the amount of available oxygen in aquatic ecosystems.

Dissolved Oxygen

100

Professor Wickman

University of Minnesota Duluth

200

This professional work involves stack testing and emissions monitoring.

Air Pollution Engineer

200

This Michigan geologist initiated the upper peninsula’s copper rush.

Douglass Houghton

200

Prior to the Clean Water Act, what was the only common step in water treatment before discharge?

Clarification

200

What group of halogenated pollutants are notorious for being widespread, varied, and hard to filter out of water. 

PFAS

200

Dr. Keenum

Water Reuse

300

These engineers mitigate flows experienced in developed areas during precipitation events.

Water Resource Engineers

300

What was the Keweenaw’s first successful mine?

Cliff Mine

300

What would this line be citing: 90 FR 12345, January 6, 2025

Federal Register
300
The white lines on the surface of a water body are called what?

Langmuir Lines

300
Dr. Morse

Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

400

This process allows engineers to understand the full impact and timeline of a given product.

Life Cycle Analysis

400
What is the name for material mined that does not contain ore

Poor Rock

400

Under which president was the EPA founded?

Richard Nixon

400

A Carlson's TSI of less than 40 indicates the water body is what trophic state


Oligotrophic

400

Dr. Seagren

Activated Carbon

500

What year did Environmental Engineering first become a major at Michigan Tech?

1986

500
What is the year round temperature in Quincy Mine


43 Fahrenheit

500

Which city in Michigan has recently enacted a ban on data center construction?

Saline / Northville

500

When iron is oxidized in sediment, what is released chemical into the water column?

Phosphorus

500

Dr. Ye

Conduction, Convection, or Radiation

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