Industrial Waste Treatment, Volume I
Industrial Waste Treatment, Volume I
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Study Guide Class B
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Study Guide Class B
16. Compare and contrast the various types of pumps, their preventative maintenance
and troubleshooting.
17. Discuss electrical equipment safety and maintenance.
18. Discuss motor safety, maintenance and troubleshooting.
19. Discuss flow meters: types, sensor maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, etc.
Pretreatment
1. Describe the objectives of the National Pretreatment Program and its origin.
2. Define a Significant Industrial User (SIU).
3. When are Control Authorities required to inspect SIUs.
4. A POTW’s requirement to develop and implement a pretreatment program is a
condition of what?
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Study Guide Class B
Mathematics
1. Given a wastewater flow rate and the concentration of a pollutant, calculate the
mass emission rate of the pollutant in lbs/day.
2. Given a mean flow rate and its standard deviation, calculate the coefficient of
variation in %.
3. Given a cumulative flow volume and the lapse time, calculate the average flow
rate in gph.
4. Given a flow rate and a chemical dosage, calculate the chemical application rate
in lbs./day.
5. Given the volume of a clarifier and a flow rate, calculate its detention time in hrs.
6. Given the area of a membrane filter and a permeate flow rate in an ultrafiltration
system, calculate the flux in gpd/sf.
7. Given a flow rate of raw wastewater, a recirculation rate of the recycle water, and
the surface area of a filter in a trickling filter system; calculate the hydraulic
loading rate in gpm/sq. ft.
8. Given a calculated waste activated sludge (WAS) flow rate, and the actual
duration of WAS pumping, calculate the new (actual) WAS flow rate in MGD.
9. Given lbs. of BOD removed and a yield factor in an activated sludge system,
calculate the amount of sludge produced in lbs/day.
10. Given the concentration of BOD, nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P), calculate the
ratio of BOD:N:P.
11. Given an average flow rate, influent suspended solids (SS) concentration, and
effluent SS concentration of a primary clarifier, calculate the daily production of
primary sludge in lbs./day.
12. Given a dry weight of the daily production of sludge and the concentration of
sludge, calculate the volume of sludge produced in gal/day.
13. Given an inflow rate in gpm and the area of liquid surface in a dissolved air
flotation system, calculate the hydraulic loading in gpd/sf.
14. Given a sludge flow rate and a sludge concentration of the inflow to a basket
centrifuge, calculate the solids loading in lbs/hr.
15. Given the influent and effluent SS concentration of a scroll centrifuge, calculate
the solids removal efficiency in %.
16. Given a desired volume and concentration of a polymer solution for sludge
conditioning, calculate the lbs of dry polymer required.
17. Given a recommended average annual pollutant loading (APL) of a metal in
mg/kg, convert it to lbs./ton.