drainage chapter one

___ is a combination of the liquid and the liquid-carried waste matter from residences, buildings, and factories, together with any surface water and storm water that may be present.

• Blackwater

• Sewage

• Wastewater

• Drainage

A(n) ___ was one of the few types of medieval toilets and was essentially a waste chute from the upper areas of a castle used to deposit excrement into a cesspit below.

• garderobe

• water closet

• moat

• Aquae Sulis

In 1850, ___ theorized that the cause of cholera in London was polluted freshwater sources.

• Dr. William Budd

• Dr. John Snow

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Alexander Cumming

From 1910 to as late as 1970 in Chicago, ___ sewage treatment plants were constructed throughout the area, creating the largest network of sewage treatment facilities in the world.

• four

• five

• six

• eight

In 1886, the first WC with combined water in the bowl and in the trap was invented by ___.

• Frederick Humpherson

• Alexander Cumming

• Thomas Crapper

• Dr. Roy B. Hunter

Dr. Roy B. Hunter's original report outlined ___ principles of plumbing and recommendations for the installation of plumbing systems.

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

The goal of most of Dr. Roy B. Hunter's research was to ___.

• create a mechanism to allow the wash down of waste

• perfect the siphonage system first invented by Thomas Crapper

• standardize placement of plumbing fixtures in residences

• eliminate trap seal loss

The spread of ___ throughout the world resulted from a seemingly modern plumbing system in a high-rise building that failed.

• SARS

• malaria

• Ebola

• tuberculosis

In 2015, the World Health Organization estimated that 90% of the world's population had access to improved sources of drinking water, however, ___ were without access to improved sanitation facilities.

• 2.4 million

• 24 million

• 2.4 billion

• 24 billion

___ is the discharge from any fixture, appliance, area, or appurtenance that does not contain human or animal waste (fecal) matter.

• wastewater

• sanitary sewage

• domestic sewage

• liquid waste