Water Treatment

Waste water is best described as:

• Water that you can cook with.

• Water that goes down your drain or toilet.

• Water in a local pond.

• River water.

Grey water is best described as:

• Water that goes down your drain or toilet.

• Water that you can cook with.

• Waste water that has been filtered and cleaned that can be used for drinking.

• Water that has been filtered and cleaned that cannot be used for drinking.

Which of these options has the waste water treatment steps in the correct order?

• Waste water, preliminary, secondary, primary, final, solids processing.

• Waste water, preliminary, primary, secondary, final, solids processing.

• Preliminary, waste water, primary, secondary, solids processing final.

• There are too many choices here. Just choose one of the other options ;-)

Black water refers to water that...

• Goes down the drain in your kitchen sink.

• Goes down the drain in your shower.

• Gets flushed down your toilet.

• Can be used to water a golf course.

Water that gets flushed down your toilet and goes to a holding tank buried in someone's yard refers to:

• A sewer system.

• A septic tank system.

• A storm water system.

• A military latrine.

Water that gets flushed down your toilet and goes through a series of pipes to a wastewater plant refers to:

• A sewer system.

• A septic tank system.

• A storm water system.

• A military latrine.

The solids that remain after wastewater has been filtered and cleaned can be used for: (check all that apply)

• Fertilizer.

• Building Roads.

• A fuel source.

• Making recycled wood products.

Farmers and golf courses using chemical pesticides and herbicides would most affect:

• Wastewater

• Grey water

• Black water

• Storm water run off

Precipitation or snow melt that runs off of roofs, roads, and sidewalks/paths, is considered:

• Storm water runoff

• Waste water

• Grey water

• Black water

More freshwater is available in Rivers and/or streams than is buried deep in aquifers.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1