Chemistry-C10-Waste Water Treatment

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What are three sources of waste water?
agriculture
industrial
domestic
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Sewage and agricultural waste water require removal
of _______ matter and harmful _______
organic
microbes
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What are the 5 main stages of waste water treatment?
screening
settlement (sedimentation)
aerobic biological digestion (breakdown)
anaerobic biological digestion (breakdown)
sterilisation
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Stage 1-screening
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Here, the water will enter the system and is screened in order to remove any _____ _____ e.g. twigs?
large solids
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Here there will also be a ______ _____ which will remove any ____ from the water?
grit channel
grit
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Stage 2-sedimentation
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Here there will be a settlement _____ and the _____ will settle into the tank separating it from the _____?
tank
solid
liquid
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What are the key terms for solid and liquid?
sludge
effluent
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Stage 3-aerobic digestion
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Here, what will be undergoing this?
the effluent
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The effluent will be put into a?
biofilter
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Containing small _____ to allow _____ to enter?
pores
oxygen
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This will allow ______ _____ digestion to occur?
aerobic biological
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Then the water can flow out?
into a river
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An optional stage for the effluent is what?
sterilisation
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Here the water can be sterilised by what three things?
chlorine
ozone
uv light
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This will make?
potable water
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The sludge from the ________ _____ ?
settlement tank
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Will then undergo?
anaerobic biological digestion
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This releases what gas?
methane
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And produces _______ sludge?
digested
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USES OF SLUDGE
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What are four ways?
fertilisers
biogas
methane
electricity
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How can sludge be used as a fertiliser?
help improve fertility of soil
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Biogas is a mixture of ______ _______ and hydrogen _____?
methane
CO2
Hydrogen sulphide
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It is used as a ?
fuel
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Methane is also?
used as a fuel
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Electricity since if the sludge is _____ it can be _____ to generate electricity?
dried
incinerated
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Card 2

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Sewage and agricultural waste water require removal
of _______ matter and harmful _______

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organic
microbes

Card 3

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What are the 5 main stages of waste water treatment?

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Card 4

Front

Stage 1-screening
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Here, the water will enter the system and is screened in order to remove any _____ _____ e.g. twigs?

Back

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Card 5

Front

Here there will also be a ______ _____ which will remove any ____ from the water?

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