14. Nutrient Pollution to spec - Statistics

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Secondary treatment steps Aeration tanks
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Aeration tanks (6 words) Aerobic bacterial decomposition by activated sludge
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Deoxygenation kills ______ _________, causing __________ as ____ releases _______ nutrients Aerobic organisms, eutrophication, decay, inorganic
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Sludge disposal Agricultural use
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____ and __________ absorb dissolved _______ and grow _____ Algae, cyanobacteria, nutrients, rapidly
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Sludge treatment: ________ _______ digest sludge in a ____ digestion tank for __ weeks Anaerobic microbes, warm, 4 weeks
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Tertiary treatment steps Bacterial microfilters
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Human impacts Blue baby syndrome
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Grit traps: the ______ _____ so grit is _______ as water loses ______ ______ Channel widens, deposited, kinetic energy
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Pathogen examples Chloera
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Effects Cultural eutrophication
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__________ releases ____ that harmful to ______ and ______ Cyanobacteria, toxins, humans, animals
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Anaerobic decay causes... Deoxygenation
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Effects (5 words) Deoxygenation from microbial aerobic decomposition
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Secondary treatment goals (5 words) Digestion of remaining organic matter
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Sludge disposal Dispersal into the sea
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Define eutrophication (8 words) Excessive nutrient enrichment causing algal blooms and oxygen depletion
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Primary sedimentation tanks: ______ ____ sink to the bottom to be treated separately as ______ Faecal solids, sludge
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Controls Fertiliser application timing
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Nitrate sources Fertilisers
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Effects Food webs
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Pre-treatment steps Grit traps
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Blue baby syndrome: ___ ______ converts ______ to ___ which reacts with _________ and reduces oxygen carrying capacity Gut bacteria, nitrates, NOx, haemoglobin
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Sludge disposal Incineration
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X precipitates phosphates from a liquid as sediments that can be dredged Iron (III) sulfate
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Phosphate removal methods (2) Iron (III) sulfate, microstrainers
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Controls Iron phosphate precipitation
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Sludge disposal Landfill
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Nitrate sources Leachate
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Controls Legume cultivation
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Controls Low-solubility fertilisers
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Nitrate sources Manure
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Organic wastes Manure
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Controls Nitrate vulnerable zones
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Aeration tank methods to aerate O2 bubbling
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Aeration tank methods to aerate Paddles
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Organic wastes Paper industry
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Organic wastes may contain... Pathogens
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Tertiary treatment steps Phosphate removal
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Controls Ploughing timing
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Human impacts Possible carcinogen
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Major treatment stages Pre-treatment
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Major treatment stages Primary treatment
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Sludge treatment goals Reduce odours
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Sludge treatment goals Reduce pathogens
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Sludge treatment goals Reduce volume
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Primary treatment goals Remove 95% organic matter
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Tertiary treatment goals Remove inorganic nutrients
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Pre-treatment goals Remove solids
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Trickling filter beds: _______ ___ spray effluent over _________ ____ of _____ Rotating arms, cylindrical tanks, gravel
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Nitrate sources Runoff
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Pre-treatment steps Screens
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Secondary treatment steps Secondary sedimentation tanks
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Major treatment stages Secondary treatment
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Primary treatment steps Sedimentation tanks
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Organic wastes Sewage
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Phosphate sources Sewage effluent
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Organic wastes Silage fluids
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Major treatment stages Sludge digestion
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Tertiary treatment steps Sterilisation
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Floating algae shades... Submerged and benthic macrophytes
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Secondary sedimentation tanks: _________ _______ is returned as _______ _____, clear effluent can be discharged Suspended bacteria, activated sludge
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Major treatment stages Tertiary treatment
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Secondary treatment steps Trickling filter beds
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Pathogen examples Typhoid
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ORGANIC NUTRIENTS SAY YAY YAY
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