Microbiology
a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
Pathogen
The first step of wastewater treatment
Screening
This is use as a measurement of how acidic or basic a liquid is
pH
This slows down the flowrate of the water in the filter
Sand
A type of bacteria that glows in the dark after being fed and incubated.
E.coli
an ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts,
virus
This process involves the separation of macrobiotic solid matter from the wastewater.
Primary Treatment
What is COD
Chemical Oxygen Demand
What is gravel used for?
To filter the big particles in the water
The disinfection process of a wastewater system uses ________ to eliminate disease causing organism
Chlorine
This measures how salty the water is
Electrical conductivity (EC)
What is GAC?
Granulated Activated Carbon
This light is invisible to the human eye but is very important for life. It makes black-light posters glow, and is responsible for summer tans and sunburns. .
Ultra Violet light
This wastewater treatment stage has the ability to remove up to 99 percent of the impurities from the wastewater
Tertiary treatment
What does GAC do?
remove chemical contaminants in the water