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CEU Challenge
Members of the Florida Water and Pollution Control Operators Association (FWPCOA) may earn continuing education units 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 Distribution and Collection. 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!
SUBSCRIBER NAME (please print)
Article 1 ____________________________________
LICENSE NUMBER for Which CEUs Should Be Awarded
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A Model to Identify Future Treatment Needs to Minimize Disinfection Byproduct Formation
Ryan Popko, Emory Gawlik, Todd Mackey, Dave McNevin, Yanni Polematidis, and Anna Ness (Article 1: CEU = 0.1 DW/DS02015414)
1. The model indicates that under year 2040 conditions, water age at the Greenland
Water Treatment Plant (WTP) may reach ___ hours to the farthest customer. a. 12 b. 24 c. 36 d. 48
2. Researchers tested for ______________ as an indicator of biological activity in the water. a. free residual chlorine b. oxygen c. adenosine triphosphate d. cell wall deterioration
3. Full removal of sulfide was recommended at the Main Street WTP to mitigate the potential for a. sulfur oxidizing bacteria. b. turbidity. c. interference with disinfection. d. nitrification.
4. May 2021 testing at the Main Street WTP revealed detectable concentrations of sulfide and odor at which of the following sampling locations? a. Finished water b. Downstream of ozone system c. Downstream of cascade tray aerator d. After chlorination
5. Under modeled year 2040 conditions, chlorinated Main Street WTP water without total organic carbon removal is projected to exceed 80 micrograms per liter (µg/L) within a. three hours. b. 12 hours. c. 24 hours. d. 48 hours.
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