Water Treatment Lab Flashcards
Though most people take it for granted, without water treatment and wastewater treatment, we would all be exposed to many more _____ ________.
harmful pathogens
father of modern epidemiology
John Snow
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK, 1854
___ _____ did not exist at the time
germ theory
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK, 1854
Disease was thought to be transmitted by “_____” which was bad air
miasma
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK 1854
_________ at the time were not powerful enough to see the bacteria
Microscopes
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK 1854
Snow used the ________ ______ to deduce the source of the disease
scientific method
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK 1854
Snow observed that a large number of illnesses and deaths were in close proximity to the _____ _____ ____
Broad Street Pump
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK 1854
He convinced the authorities to _____ ___ ______ ____ ___ ____, and the cases of cholera were reduced.
remove the handle from the pump
LONDON CHOLERA OUTBREAK 1854
It turns out that the Broad Street well was
dug too close to a leaking cesspit, and the water was contaminated with sewage
Two types of water sources
ground water
surface water
Ground Water
Pumped out of aquifers – 66% of water usage in Arkansas
Surface Water
Lakes and Streams – 34% of water usage in Arkansas
Local Sources of water
Huckleberry Creek Reservoir – Primary Source
Illinois Bayou – Secondary Source
Lake Dardanelle – Tertiary Source
HUCKLEBERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
Construction began ____
Fully Operational by ____
1993, 1996
HUCKLEBERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
Watershed _____
Max Volume ______
5440 Acres
5.8 Billion Gallons
