HLTH 505 Quiz Waste
HLTH 505 Quiz: Waste
- What contaminant in drinking water is regulated because of its potential for causing “blue baby disease”?
- If you suspect that your drinking water has elevated levels of lead, which of the following actions would be advisable?
- What do most researchers see as the solution to eliminating the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico?
- Which of the following constitutes a method of advanced wastewater treatment for removing excess levels of ammonia at a POTW?
- Wastewater pretreatment programs are mandated for:
- What is the predominant method of sewage sludge disposal in the U.S. today?
- Outbreaks of giardiasis have occurred in numerous places where drinking water treatment plants did not provide:
- Which of the following represents a nonpoint source of water pollution?
- A tragic situation involving wide-scale poisoning of a population via contaminated drinking water is now occurring in what country? What is the contaminant involved?
- To avoid falling victim to “hot tub rash,” bathers should:
- Eutrophication of a waterway can be initiated when which of the following enters a lake or stream?
- The Clean Water Act’s Part 503 standards specify acceptable management practices for:
- Of the various changes occurring in a lake as it undergoes eutrophication, which is most directly responsible for the loss of high-quality fish?
- Addition of chlorine to drinking water sometimes results in the formation of what potentially dangerous chemicals?
- Which of the following statements about municipal wastewater treatment is false?
- Vermicomposting is an effective, though underused, method for managing what category of refuse?
- Because it is the most economical of the legal methods of urban refuse disposal, more communities choose this waste disposal option than any other:
- The EPA and many state governments have ranked the various options for municipal solid waste management in order of priority. Which method does EPA regard as the most desirable?
- Where is Love Canal?
- Which of the following categories of wastes are not subject to regulation as RCRA hazardous wastes?
- What actions are being taken under the mandates of the “superfund” (CERCLA) law?
- Approximately what percentage of municipal refuse in the U.S. is currently being recycled or composted?
- EPA’s “Brownfields” program is intended to:
- What does an MRF do?
- Which of the following is an example of a waste reduction method?
- What are “bottle bills”?
- Subtitle D regulations pertain to stricter standards for:
- Which of the following statements about bioremediation is false?
- To what pervasive problem does the “NIMBY” syndrome pertain?
- Which of the following statements about e-waste is false?