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Bring Home Quiz in Environmental Science and Engineering (Water to Solid Waste)

Instruc on: Write your answers in a one whole sheet of paper. Copy the ques on then answer. Please
answer briefly but accurately, and box your final answer for problem solving ques ons. Handwri en
output only.

1. For the community shown below, discuss how you would develop a source water assessment and
protec on (SWAP) Program. Be sure to:
a. Iden fy the boundaries of your source water protec on area.
b. Iden fy poten al contaminants and sources of concern.
c. Determine what informa on you would collect and analyze to complete the suscep bility
determina on.

2. Explain the word turbidity in terms that the mayor of a small community in the Philippines could
understand.
3. Microorganisms play a role in the forma on of hardness in groundwater. True or false? Explain.
4. If no bicarbonate is present in a well water that is to be so ened to remove magnesium, which
chemicals must you add? Explain.
5. In the Philippines, chlorine is preferred as a disinfectant over ozone because it has a residual. Why
is the presence of a residual important? In recent years ozone has been replacing chlorine as the
primary disinfectant in the United States. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?
6. A new water-so ening plant is being designed for Cebu. The climate now is dry and land is readily
available at a reasonable cost. What methods of sludge dewatering would be most appropriate?
Explain your reasoning.
7. If the LGU requires ter ary treatment of a municipal/city wastewater, what, if any, processes
would you expect to find preceding the ter ary process? Explain your reasoning.
8. What is the purpose of recircula on and how does it differ from return sludge?
9. Would an industrial wastewater containing only NH4 at a pH of 7.00 be denitrified if pure oxygen
was bubbled into it? Explain your reasoning.
10. In May 2000, in Walkerton, Ontario, an outbreak of enteric illness occurred due to contamina on
of the public water supply with E. coli. The outbreak killed five people and sickened hundreds.
What led to the contamina on and what could have prevented it? How could the water treatment
plant be redesigned to prevent such an occurrence in the future?
11. A forest area growing on a sandy soil has been harvested to permit agricultural produc on.
Municipal wastewater is available to provide irriga on. Corn is planted but does not yield well
despite the abundant applica on of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. What component of
the soil is missing? Explain.
12. As a new home owner, you decide that you would like to have a vegetable garden. The soil is a
silty-clay. What can you add to the soil to improve its structure? Explain.
13. Briefly describe the CBC Marketplace inves ga on, including the year it aired and the key issues
explored that would relate to soil and land pollu on.
14. What are the prospects for improvement in Canadian recycling programs with regards to land/soil
pollu on control?
15. If the CBC Marketplace fiasco and inves ga on happened in the Philippines, what role could the
government and industry play in solving the fiasco and improving the inves ga on?
16. What were the main problems iden fied with Canadian recycling programs? Did the inves ga on
uncover any illegal or unethical prac ces? Were there any concerns about worker safety or
environmental impacts?
17. How did the recycling industry respond to the inves ga on? Did any companies or organiza ons
admit to wrongdoing? Were there any promises of improvement or changes made in response to
the inves ga on?
18. What are the ethical responsibili es of producers and consumers in regards to recycling? How can
we ensure that our recycling programs are effec ve and sustainable? What role can government
and industry play in improving recycling prac ces? What are some individual ac ons we can take
to reduce waste and improve recycling?
19. The Bailey Stone Works employs six people. Assuming that the density of uncompacted waste is
480 kg/m3, determine the annual volume of solid waste produced by the stone works assuming a
waste genera on rate of 1 kg · capita−1 · day.
20. The student popula on of a high school is 881. The school has 30 standard classrooms. Assuming
a 5-day school week with solid waste pickups on Wednesday and Friday before school starts in the
morning, determine the size of storage container required. Assume waste is generated at a rate of
0.11 kg · (capita)−1 · day plus 3.6 kg per room and that the density of uncompacted solid waste is
120.0 kg/m3. Standard container sizes are as follows (all in m3): 1.5, 2.3, 3.0, and 4.6.

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