Salt Water
The measure of the amount of salt dissolved in water.
What is salinity?
Using living things to remove contaminants from water
What is bioremediation?
In this step, Wastewater undergoes a biological treatment process where micro-organisms break down organic matter.
What is step 2 in the wastewater treatment process?
You can test this using a thermometer. A high result is a sign of poor water quality.
What is temperature?
These are the highest areas of land on Earth.
What are continental divides?
97% of the water on earth is of this type
What is salt water
Road salt is an example of this
What is a chemical contaminant?
In this step, Wastewater is disinfected with chlorine to kill harmful organisms.
What is step 4 in the wastewater treatment process?
You can test this by lowering a black and white disk into a water source.
What is turbidity?
These are the areas between the divides.
What are watersheds?
Grams/Litre
What unit of measurement is used for salinity
Wastes from animals, and parasites are examples of this.
What is a biological contaminant?
In this step, Wastewater is screened and moved into the grit tank. It then moves to the settling tank for a few hours.
What is step 1 in the wastewater treatment process?
You can test this by using a pH test paper.
What is acidity?
There are 36 of these in Ontario. They are organizations that manage and protect watersheds.
What is a Conservation Authority?
Salt is removed from salty water leaving fresh, drinkable water.
What is desalination?
This occurs when warm water is dumped into a river by factories.
What is thermal pollution?
In this step, Wastewater then moves to the clarifier where any remaining solids settle to the bottom.
What is step 3 in the wastewater treatment process?
This describes water that is very cloudy.
What is turbidity?
All of this from within a watershed leaves the watershed at the same exit.
What is runoff?
Only 3% of Earth's water is this type and most of it is frozen in glaciers and polar ice.
What is fresh water?
Salt, sediment, animal waste, fertilizers, and pesticides/herbicides can all enter a water source by this method.
What is runoff?
In this step, Solids from the settling tank and the clarifier are processed.
What is step 5 in the wastewater treatment process?
Conductivity apparatus can indicate the presence of this in water.
What is salt?
This is an area surrounded by high land and drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is a watershed?