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28 Cards in this Set
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Purpose of Screens in Treatment
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removes large particles such as leaves, sticks, fish, and other large debris
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Two ways of Filtering out Large particles in Water
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running the water through charcoal and gravel traps small particles in the small pores of the groundcover
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Top Layer of Septic Waste
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Scum
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Middle Layer of Septic Waste
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Liquid Sewage
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Bottom Layer of Septic Waste
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Sludge (solids)
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2 Reservoirs which put water into the Catskill Aqueduct (Proplably not necessary)
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Ashokan and Shoharre
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Before water reaches your home, school, or business where does it go
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Millwood Water Treatment Plant
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What is the name of the Watershed that you live in
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Croton Watershed
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Aqueduct
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A pipe, tunnel, or channel that transports water from a remote location by gravity
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Reservoir
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A pond or lake
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Watershed
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an area where all the water drains to one specific place
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Water Treatment
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Processes to make water more acceptable for human use
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Coagulation Flocculation
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A process where small particles clump together to make large particles that can be more easily removed from water
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Sedimentary
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The process in Flocculation where floc is removed from water
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Influent (before)
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Water before treatment
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Effluent (end)
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Water after treament
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Erosion
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When soil and sediment are moved from one place to another by (changing) water
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Water Cycle
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The continues movement of water
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Tributary
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A stream that flows into a lake
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Divide
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Boundary between drainage areas that flow in opposite directions
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Channel
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the path that streams follow. or a man made stream or canal
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Septic Tank
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An underground tank that manages waste produced in a single building
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Sewage Treatment Plant
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a facility that cleans sewage water
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Point Source Pollution
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Pollution that comes from one specific site
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Non Point Source Pollution
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Pollution that comes from many sources
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Porosity
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percentage of space between individual rock particles in a rock layer
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Permeability
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a rocks ability to let water pass through
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Recharge Zone
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an area in which water travels downward to become part of an Aquifer
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