Course work 3 - Water Quality - due Nov 18

Question
1
Marks: 1
Calculate the mass flux in mg/(day*cm^2) for a chemical diffusing
between two connected beakers. Both beakers (glass) are full and
connected with a pipe. The chemical is diffusing through a 10 cm distance
with a concentration gradient of -1mg/(L*cm). The molecular diffusion
coefficient, D = 10^-5 cm^2/sec and the area of the pipe cross-section is
3.14 cm^2.
Choose one answer.
a. 0.0271 mg/day

b. 0.00271 mg/day

c. 0.00086 mg/(day*cm^2)

d. 0.0086 mg/(day*cm^2)

Question
2
Marks: 1
How is Fick’s First Law of Diffusion similar to the Darcy equation for
saturated porous media flow?
Choose one answer.
a. fluxes in both equations are driven by a gradient

b. both are non-linear

c. the negative sign in both equations signifies the answer should be negative

d. both provide a flow rate in volume/time

Question
3
Marks: 1
Pesticides are a typical nonpoint source pollutant that accumulate on the
land-surface and reach streams mostly during rainfall/runoff events. If the
mean annual river flow rate is 50 m^3/sec and the mean annual pesticide
concentration is 1 microgram/L, what is the average mass discharge rate
(mass per unit of time)?
Choose one answer.
a. 0.43 kg/day

b. 4.3 kg/day

c. 0.43 kg/(day*m^2)

d. 4.3 kg/(day*m^2)
 Question
4
Marks: 1
Part B of previous question: Would the average mass discharge rate
provide an accurate estimate of the total annual mass being advected by
the river?
Choose one answer.
a. No using annual average concentration and annual average flow rate does not giv
positively correlated – high flows will have higher concentrations during runoff even
a. Biochemical oxygen
b. Yes,demand
becauseor BOD
the is a chemical
average procedure
takes into account for
both low and high flows and
determining the discharge
uptake rate of dissolved oxygen by the
rate will provide a good estimate biological organisms
for annual mass discharge.
in a body of water. BOD measures the rate of oxygen uptake by micro-
organisms in a sample of water at a temperature of 20°C and over an
elapsed period of five days in the dark.

b. Biochemical oxygen demand or BOD is a chemical procedure for determining the

rate of oxygen dissolution by the biological organisms in a body of water. BOD
measures the rate of oxygen uptake by micro-organisms in a sample of water at a
temperature of 20°C and over an elapsed period of five days in the dark.

c. Biochemical oxygen demand or BOD is a chemical procedure for determining the

uptake rate of oxygen by the biological organisms in a body of water. BOD measures
the rate of oxygen uptake by micro-organisms in a sample of water at a temperature
of 20°C and over an elapsed period of five days.

d. Biochemical oxygen demand or BOD is a chemical procedure for determining the

rate of oxygen dissolution by the algae in a body of water. BOD measures the rate of
oxygen uptake by micro-organisms in a sample of water at a temperature of 22°C
and over an elapsed period of five days in the dark.

Question
5
Marks: 1
What is BOD and how is it measured?
Choose one answer.

Question
6
Marks: 1
Which sample(s) would you need to dilute for the standard BOD test?

Choose one answer.

a. A

b. B

c. A and B

d. Neither

Question
7
Marks: 1
A city discharges 1.4 m3/s of partially treated wastewater with BOD of 30
mg/L to a local river. Without that wastewater discharge, the river flow
rate would be 12.7m3/s with 3 mg/L BOD. What is Athe concentration of
BOD in the river-wastewater mix just below the point of discharge?
Choose one answer.
a. 80.1 mg/l

b. 5.7 mg/l

c. 4.5 mg/l

d. 14.1 mg/l

e. 33 mg/l

f. 2.4 mg/l

Question
8
Marks: 1
The Environment Agency of England and Wales (EA) runs the ‘CAMS’
programme. What is its main objective?
Choose one answer.
a. To preserve water quality in natural rivers.

b. To regulate the standards of water and waste-water treatment.

c. To ensure sustainable water abstraction from the environment

d. To regulate the private water companies in their abstractions from the environme

Question
9
Marks: 1
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