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Sanitation & public health Flashcards

1
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Draw the water cycle

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Concerns of travellers?

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If water is safe to drink

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What causes travellers to become ill when drinking water on holiday?

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Pathogens in water are foreign to immune systems

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Why do travellers become ill but locals not?

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Have adapted to local water supply

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Caveat with locals drinking potentially unsafe?

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If they come into contact with threshold level of bacteria will become ill regardless

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Why can drinking too much water be a negative thing?

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Salts in body diluted

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Public Health definition?

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The means of protecting & improving community health
(Association of Schools of Public Health, 2011)

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Sanitation definition?

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Provision of facilities & services for safe human urine & faeces disposal
(WHO, 2011)

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9
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Link between water, public health, sanitation & sewage?

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Public health is the organized activity, from which sanitation grows, from which sewage grows

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10
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Bristol Stool Chart/Scale?

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Type 1 - 7
Severe constipation to severe diarrhoea

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11
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What is the approximate conversion between need for male or female toilets?

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Females require 3 toilets for every male toilet

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12
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Which ancient civilisation had advanced systems for drinking water & waste collection?

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Romans

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Which diseases were rife in the middle ages due to primitive sanitation systems? (3)

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black plague, cholera, typhoid

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Mudlark?

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children looked for metals/coins - could drown

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15
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Which job in 1800s London led to rag’n’bone trade?

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scavenger

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16
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Riverman?

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collected money/clothes from dead bodies

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17
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Toshers?

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went down sewers - most immune to disease so richest

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18
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Characteristics of public health in Greco-Roman world? (3)

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  • Diptheria
  • Malaria (‘Roman Fever’)
  • Hippocrates (“father of medicine”)
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Characteristics of public health in middle ages? (3)

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  • early urban sanitation
  • pandemics
  • community hospitals commissioned
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20
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Example of early urban sanitation in middle ages?

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Pompeii

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Example of pandemics in middle ages?

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Black Death (1347 - 1351)

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Example of community hospitals in middle ages?

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Milan, 1456

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Characteristics of public health during mercantilism & absolutism? (3)

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  • new diseases
  • foundations of Public Health Administration
  • street cleaning & drainage improvements
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Example of disease during mercantilism & absolutism?

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smallpox, typhus, scurvy

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Dates for mercantilism & absolutism?

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1500 - 1750

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26
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Dates for middle ages?

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500 - 1500

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27
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Characteristics of public health during the revolution of human health? (3)

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  • national policies
  • coal & iron industries
  • fever hospitals & dispensaries
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28
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Example of policies formed during revolution of human health?

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Russian national health policy, 1763

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29
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Dates for revolution of human health?

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1750 - 1830

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30
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Characteristics of public health for 18th century England? (3)

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  • social conscience developed
  • great unwashed move to town
  • no sanitation [alcohol drank instead of water]
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31
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Dates for 4 cholera epidemics in Britain?

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  • 1831/2
  • 1848/9
  • 1853/4
  • 1866/7
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32
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Number of deaths for the 4 cholera epidemics in Britain?

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  • 32,000
  • 62,000
  • 20,000
  • 14,000
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33
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Contagionist theory?

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cholera spread via contact with victims

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34
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Miasmic theory?

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spread by “miasma of filth” breathed from infected air

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35
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What were the ointments used to treat cholera made of?

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Wine, vinegar, camphor, mustard, pepper, garlic, crushed beetles

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36
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What non-medicinal treatment was used for the cholera outbreaks?

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Prayer

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36
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Apart from ointments, which other medication was used to treat cholera?

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Patent medicines - universal mixture/elixir

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37
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During which years did the population of Britain double?

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1801 - 1851

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37
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Which key connection for sanitation had not yet been made in the 19th century?

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Between dirt & disease

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38
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Which diseases were rife in Britain during the 19th century?

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Influenza/scarlet fever/tuberculosis/measles/typhoid/diarrhoea/smallpox

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39
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Which disease did Prince Albert die of at 42?

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typhoid fever

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40
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Dr John Snow? (4)

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  • convinced cholera was water-borne
  • traced Broad Street outbreak to pump
  • convinced authorities to lock pump, causing deaths to fall
  • pump dismantled, was 3 feet from bacteria leaking cesspit
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41
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Dr John Snow dates?

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1880s (1813 - 58)

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42
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Date of Broad Street cholera outbreak?

43
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Broad Street cholera outbreak? (5)

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  • London’s Soho District
  • growing population
  • poor sanitation, pumped into Thames
  • 616 died
  • 3/4 fled
44
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Sir Edwin Chadwick? (2)

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  • leadership in reforming Poor Laws
  • major reforms in urban sanitation & public health
45
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Sir Edwin Chadwick dates?

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1800s
(1800 - 1890)

46
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Who implemented the world’s first integrated sewerage system?

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James Newlands

47
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When was the world’s first integrated sewerage system implemented?

48
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Dates for industrialism?

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1830 - 1875

49
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Key characteristics of Public Health during industrialism? (3)

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  • environmental & human health pressures
  • Poor Law commissioners’ London sanitation surveys led to Health of Towns Commission & General Board of Health
  • international sanitation conferences
50
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Example of international sanitation conference during industrialism?

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  • Austria, 1874
51
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Date for Bacteriological era & aftermath?

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1875 - present

52
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Key characteristics of Public Health during bacteriological era & aftermath?

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  • “germ theory”
  • widespread use of antiseptics
  • major sewage system improvements
  • NHS
  • more public health acts since 1936 act
53
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When was the NHS formed?

54
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When was the original Public Health Act formed?

55
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Key stats from UN Millennium Development Goals Report (2015)? (2)

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  • ~663 mil people worldwide use unimproved drinking water sources
  • 2.4 billion using unimproved sanitation facilities
56
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Examples of unimproved drinking water sources?

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unprotected wells/springs/surface water

57
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Qualities of improved sanitation? (4)

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  • flush/pour-flush to piped sewer system/septic tank/pit latrine
  • ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine
  • pit latrine with slab
  • composting toiler
58
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Qualities of unimproved sanitation? (6)

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  • flush/pour-flush to anywhere not piped sewer system/septic tank/pit latrine
  • open pit latrine/no slab
  • bucket
  • hanging toilet/latrine
  • shared facilities
  • no facilities/bush/field
59
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Qualities of improved drinking water? (6)

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  • piped water into dwelling/yard/plot
  • public tap/standpipe
  • tubewell/borehole
  • protected dug well
  • protected spring
  • rainwater collection
60
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Qualities of unimproved drinking water? (6)

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  • unprotected dug well
  • unprotected spring
  • cart w/ small tank/drum
  • tanker truck
  • surface water
  • bottled water
61
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Example of surface water?

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river/dam/lake/pond/stream/canal/irrigation channel

62
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2017 UN Sustainable Development Goals Report on open defecation in 2015?

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  • 892 mil still practiced it
63
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2017 UN Sustainable Development Goals Report on water stress?

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> 2 billion people affected by water stress

64
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Regions that experienced water stress levels >60%?

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N. Africa, W./C./S. Asia

65
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Stages of modern water supply? (7)

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  • water source
  • flocculants
  • sedimentation
  • filtration
  • disinfection
  • storage
  • home & businesses
66
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Flocculants?

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  • added to water to cause dirt & other particles to stick together
67
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Sedimentation?

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  • particles sink to bottom of tank
68
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Filtration?

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  • removes small particles with layers of sand, gravel & charcoal
69
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Disinfection?

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  • kills harmful organisms
70
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3 modern outbreaks of cholera?

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  • Haiti, 2010
  • Yemen, 2017
  • Kenya, since 2014 [continuous]
71
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How is cholera transmitted?

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by food/water

72
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Since when has cholera been globally reappearing?

73
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Which environmental factor presents ideal conditions for spread of cholera?

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increasing floods & dry periods

74
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Cause of cholera?

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poor sanitation effects

75
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Sewage definition?

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oxygen demanding mixture of inorganic & organic solids in solution/suspension

76
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Examples of liquid domestic waste? (4)

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  • human body waste
  • excretal matter [faeces/urine]
  • domestic wastes [washing/laundry/shower]
  • chemical/industry
77
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Composition of raw sewage?

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99.9% water, 0.1% solids

78
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Composition of solids within sewage?

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70% organic, 30% inorganic

79
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Composition of organic solids within sewage?

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Protein 65%, Carbs 25%, Fats 10%
VARIES DEPENDING ON DIET

80
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Composition of inorganic solids within sewage?

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grit, salts, metals

81
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Is a Sewer System sewage or sewerage?

82
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Definition of sewer system?

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piped system to transport wastewater from source to treatment facility

83
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What does design of sewer system depend on?

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  • topography
  • amount/type of wastewater
  • size of community
84
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Different types of sewer systems?

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  • conventional
  • separate
  • simplified
  • solids-free
  • pressurised
  • vacuum
  • channels
85
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Supporting elements for sewer systems?

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  • sewer pumping stations
  • transfer stations
86
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What are sewer systems ideally driven by?

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gravity, as the aim is the lowest amount of energy to move the water

87
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General design of sewer systems?

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large network of underground pipes, mostly in urban areas

88
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What do sewer systems collect?

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blackwater, brownwater, greywater, stormwater pipes

89
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Brownwater?

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raw sewage - toilet/run off drainpipes/baths/shower

90
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Stormwater pipes?

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collect road runoff

91
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3 types of sewer system lines?

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  • main line [primary]
  • branch lines [secondary]
  • house laterals [tertiary]
92
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Main lines?

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centre of system, all lines empty into

93
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Branch lines?

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extend from main

94
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House laterals?

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bring wastewater from houses to branch lines

95
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When are assisting sewer pumping stations necessary?

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depending on topography

96
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Why must sewer systems have a “self-cleansing” velocity?

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so no particles accumulate

97
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What is fatberg?

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build up of fats - hot water, redissolves, cools down & builds up

98
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How does fatberg block sewer systems?

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increasing pressure, backing up toilet, explodes manhole covers

99
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How is fatberg cleaned?

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dug out or high pressure hose - no machinery permitted

100
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What is the population equivalent of Millbrook WWTW?

101
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How much influent does Millbrook WWTW treat?

102
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Does Millbrook WWTW treat domestic or industrial wastes?

103
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Location of Millbrook WWTW?

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On coast, within one of UK’s busiest dockyards

104
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Which indicators does Millbrook WWTW have environmental discharge permits for?

105
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Different flows within Millbrook WWTW? (3)

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  • water/treatment
  • sludge
  • biogas
106
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When did the right to free period product become law in Scotland?

107
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How many children under five die annually from diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water/sanitation?

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