Water Supply Chapter 1: Introduction to Water Supply

Freshwater is naturally occurring water, which is 2.5% of global water such as

lakes, rivers, streams, ground water, and rainwater

• True

• False

The term aqueduct or water bridge applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water across a hollow or valley

• True

• False

Coke is a fuel that is what remains when the impurities in coal, such as coal tar and coal gas, are removed by high temperatures

• True

• False

Turbidity is a measure of the acidity of a liquid.

• True

• False

The filtration of raw water eliminated all cases of typhoid fever

• True

• False

___ water is suitable for drinking, culinary, and hygienic purposes

• Raw

• Service

• Potable

• Surface

A water meter is a mechanical device used to measure water ___.

• temperature

• flow

• pressure

• volume

The aqueduct system in ___ is the longest in the world

• London, England,

• modern-day Turkey

• the state of California

• the state of New Jersey

In 1850, Dr. John Snow discovered that the cause of the London cholera epidemic

was ___.

• cross contamination of the water supply and drainage piping lines

• polluted freshwater sources

• poor food-sanitation regulation

• miasma

___ was the first major city to have a centralized and piped water delivery

system.

• London

• Rome

• Dillenburg

• Versailles