Water

Question 1

What documentation is required for feature 37 Drinking Water Promotion?

Answer 1

Performance Test (Part 1)
Letter of Assurance from the architect and on-site spot check (Part 2)
Operations Schedule (Part 3)

Question 2

Exposure to even minute amounts of _______ has been linked to developmental delays and deficits in learning abilities in children as well as high blood pressure and kidney problems in adults

Answer 2

certain metals such as lead and mercury

Question 3

The quality of the US surface water relies largely on what?

Answer 3

The Clean Water Act of 1974

Question 4

The presence of _________ suggests that the water may contain more dangerous pathogens, including: bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.
Exposure to these pathogens can lead to adverse gastrointestinal effects such as diarrhea, committing, nausea, and cramps.

Answer 4

Coliforms

Question 5

Removing what from water may also remove harmful pathogens such as protozoa?

Answer 5

Turbidity

Question 6

What systems and/or filters can remove dissolved metals?

Answer 6

Reverse Osmosis systems (RO)

Kinetic Degradation Fluxion filters (KDF)

Question 7

Contaminants like lead, arsenic, glyphosate, atrazine, and microbes that are naturally occurring or inadvertently introduced into the water can _________.

Answer 7

pose serious health threats

Question 8

What common disinfectants can lead to disinfectant byproducts such as trihalomethane (THMs) and halo acetic acids (HAAs), as well as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) which can cause cancer?

Answer 8

Chlorine and Chloramine

Question 9

How much of the human body is comprised of water?

Answer 9

More than 2/3

Question 10

How much water does the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommend for women and men to consume per day from all sources?

Answer 10

Women - 2.7 L

Men - 3.7 L

Question 11

The rate at which inorganic metals leaches into drinking water sources is affected by what?

Answer 11

changing industrial practices and temporal variation in temperature, pH, and weather

Question 12

What are 3 technologies prescribed to maintain high water quality?

Answer 12

carbon filters
sediment filters
UV sanitization

Question 13

This is an aesthetic mottling of the teeth caused by excessive exposure to fluorine compounds

Answer 13

Fluorosis

Question 14

Exposure to what kind of contaminants in drinking water have been associated with a range of adverse health effects including cancer, immune deficiencies and nervous system difficulties?

Answer 14

Organic contaminants

Question 15

What feature sets maximum limits for organic contaminants like PCBs, benzene and styrene?
What filters are effective in removing these and other harmful chemical substances?

Answer 15

32 Organic Contaminants

Activated Carbon Filters