L2_WATER Flashcards

1
Q

a combination of two elementary substances hydrogen and oxygen

A

water

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2
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3 sources of water

A
  1. Rain fall
  2. Natural Surface
  3. Underground water
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3
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water from streams, rivers and lakes, ponds

A

Natural surface

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4
Q

deep and shallow wells

A

Underground water

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5
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Methods of purification and treatment of water

A
  1. Sedimentation
  2. Chemical Treatments
  3. Filtration
  4. Aeration
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6
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articles of matters that are suspended in the water are allowed to stay in a container so that they will settle in the bottom, then drawing the water out,
leaving these sediments in the container.

A

Sedimentation

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7
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given to kill the harmful bacterias present and to cure the turbid taste or mudtaste, remove clay, salts, iron etc. commonly used chemical is chlorine.

A

Chemical treatments

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8
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water are filtered on various processes, so as to remove the particles of vegetable matter, mud, and other particles of matter present in the water, most commonly used materials are sand and gravel.

A

Filtration
Two Process
1. Slow process
2. Mechanical or rapid process

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9
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raw water is made to pass on pipes tiny sieves and exposed to air of fine mist.

A

Aeration

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10
Q

wells excavated from hand
for shallow water

A

Dug Wells

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11
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Wells sunk by machine
when water is tapped from the fissures

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Deep wells
Driven

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