Operators: Take the CEU Challenge! Members of the Florida Water and Pollution Control Operators Association (FWPCOA) may earn continuing education units (CEUs) through the CEU Challenge! Answer the questions published on this page, based on the technical articles in this month’s issue. Circle the letter of each correct answer. There is only one correct answer to each question! Answer 80 percent of the questions on any article correctly to earn 0.1 CEU for your license. Retests are available. This month’s editorial theme is Operations and Utility Management. Look above each set of questions to see if it is for water operators (DW), distribution system operators ( DS), or wastewater operators (WW). Mail the completed page (or a photocopy) to: Florida Environmental Professionals Training, P.O. Box 33119, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 33420-3119. Enclose $15 for each set of questions you choose to answer (make checks payable to FWPCOA). You MUST be an FWPCOA member before you can submit your answers!
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Know the Unknown: Evaluating Water Main Inspection Technologies Weston Haggen and Emily Staubus Williamson (Article 1: CEU = 0.1 DS/DW/WW 02015386)
1. W hich of the pipe screening and assessment technologies is effective on all five pipe materials listed and useful on pipes of less than 3-in. nominal diameter?
a. b. c. d.
losed-circuit television (CCTV) C Pulsed eddy current PICA RECON+ Fluid Conservation - Permalog
2. The presence of ___________ is indicative of anaerobic conditions that would support bacterial corrosion.
a. b. c. d.
c hloride oxygen sulfide electrolysis
3. _ ___________ mains are most susceptible to wall thickness deterioration, circumferential cracking, and longitudinal cracking.
a. b. c. d.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Asbestos cement F errous C oncrete
4. W hich of the following is not listed as a factor considered when evaluating consequence of failure?
a. b. c. d.
ipe material P Proximity to water bodies Pipe diameter Redundancy
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5. ____________ assesses the loss of contact between the steel cylinder or wire and the mortar coating on external pipe surfaces.
a. Continuity c. Cell-to-cell
b. R adar d. Transient wave
EARN CEUS BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM PREVIOUS JOURNAL ISSUES! Contact FWPCOA at membership@fwpcoa.org or at 561-840-0340. Articles from past issues can be viewed on the Journal website, www.fwrj.com.
Florida Water Resources Journal • May 2021
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