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Environmental Health: Environmental Protection: Water
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1Eight Steps of Water TreatmentExtraction
Storage
Screening
Coagulation
Floculation
Sedimentation
Filtration
Disinfection - 2Six Steps of Wastewater TreatmentScreening
Grit removal
sedimentation
activated sludge
bacteria beds
tertiary filtration - 3Directives/Acts associated with WastewaterUrban Wastewater treatment directive,
Urban waste water treatment,
environment act (1995) - 4Monitoring water involves looking for (3 things)Nitrates
Pesticides
Cryptosporidium - 5Monitoring river water considers extra monitoring for (three things)Suspended Solids
BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand)
COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) - 6Water Bathing Directive and UK Blue Flag Scheme Influenced IOM's...IRIS Scheme
- 7EU Directives involved with "Water"Regulation of quality of surface water for abstraction for drinking water,
Drinking Water Directive,
Exploitation & marketing of natural mineral water - 8Integrated Water Management InvolvesThe basic principle of managing the
hydrological cycle, through supply, distribution and waste control.
Areas of control include catchment areas, rivers systems and estuarine environments. - 9Departments and Bodies Related to "Water" (3 main things)OFWAT
DWI (Drinking Water Inspectorate)
Environment Agency (formed from National Rivers Authority & Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Pollution)
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- BSc (Hons) Environmental Health Flashcards on Environmental Health: Environmental Protection: Water, created by Sami-Jaine on 02/05/2013.
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