Deck 22: Clean Water

Question 1

Of the 42 outbreaks documented in the 2-year period between 2013 and 2014, about half of the outbreaks and all of the deaths were caused by which bacteria?

A) Escherichia
B) Legionella
C) Giardia
D) Cryptosporidia

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Private wells are not regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Chlorine, the most common disinfectant, reacts with organic matter to form byproducts that, some evidence shows, may be carcinogenic.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The degradation of drinking water quality in New York City was first noticed in the 1990s.

Question 5

New York has worked to improve its drinking water quality by purchasing land near its reservoirs and limiting the uses of that land.

Question 6

The cost of filtration plants for the drinking water supplied to a large city such as New York can reach into the billions.

Question 7

Although water covers 71%of the earth's surface, less than 1%of the total amount consists of fresh water that is potentially suitable for drinking.

Question 8

Much of the fresh water on Earth is locked up in the form of glaciers.

Question 9

Access to sufficient fresh water is becoming a more important political issue both inside and outside the United States.

Question 10

_____________________ is believed to have been the source of the Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak.

Question 11

______________________ in water indicates the presence of suspended particles, a failure of the sedimentation and filtration steps.

Question 12

ADHD is more common in children with significant exposure to _____________________.

Question 13

Lead pipes could no longer be used in plumbing systems constructed in the United States after _____________________.

Question 14

Problems in the water supply for Flint, Michigan, first became obvious when the drinking water began to be drawn from the _____________________

Question 15

The _____________________ is a partly voluntary program in California designed to improve the quality of drinking water.

Question 16

Discharges from industrial sources are the second major category of point-source pollution which strictly regulated by which piece of legislation?

A) The Clean Water Act
B) The Safe Drinking Water Act
C) The Clean Air Act
D) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

Question 17

Until the early 1970s, the federal government was responsible for the quality of the waterways and the purity of the drinking water.

Question 18

The Safe Drinking Water Act requires pre-treatment of industrial wastes that are discharged into sewers.

Question 19

The greatest danger with lead pipes in homes comes when the water arriving at the house is acidic.

Question 20

Lead in drinking water has been a serious problem in a number of large cities since 2000.

Question 21

When lead pipes have been damaged by acidic water, there are anticorrosion chemicals that can be used to ameliorate the problem.

Question 22

When public officials fail to execute their duty to protect the drinking water supply, serious consequences can result, even murder charges.

Question 23

Large farms and fertilizer manufacturers can be important sources of pollution, such as nitrates, in drinking water.

Question 24

The general approach to water treatment is directed primarily against__________________, the most common and historically devastating type of waterborne disease.

Question 25

New York City gets most of its drinking water from reservoirs in the __________________ Mountains.

Question 26

Some problems with drinking water in New York City arose because communities near its reservoirs were violating __________________ standards.

Question 27

Cryptosporidiosis can break out even if a city __________________ its water.

Question 28

The most significant obstacle to providing clean, safe drinking water is often __________________.

Question 29

Fish populations can suffer as a result of poor water quality when female __________________ enter streams and rivers from civic sources.

Question 30

Whats the appropriate description the terms?
-The nation's most frequent violators of the Clean Air Act

Question 31

Whats the appropriate description the terms?
-The leading cause of water pollution in the United States

Question 32

Whats the appropriate description the terms?
-Indicates a failure of the sedimentation and filtration steps of the water treatment process

Question 33

Whats the appropriate description the terms?
-Function as miniature sewage treatment plants including the use of bacteria to break down organic wastes