Surface water runoff Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Erosion - Answer-process in which, by the actions of wind and/or water, soil particles detached and transported Sediment - Answer-eroded material suspended in wind or water Sedimentation - Answer-deposition of eroded material Types of Erosion - Answer-splash sheet rill gully channel Splash erosion - Answer-raindrop impact energy is enough to dislodge surface sediments sheet erosion - Answer-caused by rain splash detaching soil particles lifting them up and removing them by shallow "s...

CESSWI is qualified to preform what inspections? Answer Construction, post construction, industrial, MS4 Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law Answer 1972, enacted to restore and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US CWA Section 402 Answer Est. NPDES System, originally focused on industrial process waste water and POTW CWA Section 404 Answer regulated impacts to waters of the US, typically associated with a 401 certification CWA Section 401 A...

VESCP - Answer-Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program - Administered by counties/cities (must), towns (may) - MUST BE APPROVED Minimum Standard 1 - Answer-Stabilization permanent or temporary soil stabilization shall be applied to denuded areas within seven days after final grade is reached on any portion of the site; temporary soil stabilization shall be applied within seven days to denuded areas that may not be at final grade but will remain dormant for longer than 14 days; perma...

What are stores? - Reservoir where water is held, such as the oceans What are fluxes? - The rate of flow between the stores What are processes? - The physical mechanisms that drive the fluxes of water between stores What is a closed system? - >Fixed amount of water with no external inputs or outputs >Water is continually circulated >The amount of global water is finite and constant >State in which water exists changes (liquid, vapour, ice) and proportions of global water held i...

CESSWI PART I QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED 2024/2025 CESSWI is qualified to preform what inspections? - Correct Answer Construction, post construction, industrial, MS4 Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law - Correct Answer 1972, enacted to restore and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US CWA Section 402 - Correct Answer Est. NPDES System, originally focused on industrial process waste water and POTW CWA Section 404 - Correct...

TCEQ OSSF Question and answers correctly solved 2024 ATMOSPHERE, PRECIPITATION, RUNOFF In the hydrologic cycle, water moves by evaporation and transpiration into the ___________________ where it comes in contact with cooler air, condenses, and falls to the ground in the form of _____________________ (sleet, snow, hail or rain), and the surface water supply through _____________________. GROUND WATER The term ___________ _____________ refers to water that collects beneath the surface of th...

Waste Water Certification Test Questi Surface water runoff, storm water, sanitary and industrial. -ANSWER A collection system that is called "combined" may carry this kind of wastewater: 2 -ANSWER The flow in a collection system should be a minimum of ____ feet per second (FPS)? Solids will settle. -ANSWER What will happen if the flow is too slow in a collection system? Odors, Corrosion, Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (all of the above) -ANSWER A short detention time in the collection system w...

What types of water rights are acquired with title to the land bordering a source of surface water? Riparian Water Rights What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by following specific legal procedure? Appropriative Water Rights What type of rights are acquired by diverting water, to which other parties may or may not have prior claims, and putting it to use for a period of time specified by statute? Prescriptive Water Rights Water that drains from saturated o...

percentage of people who do not have enough water correct answer: 10% percentage of people who don't have safe water correct answer: 40% is a limited resource correct answer: freshwater linkage of marine and freshwater aquatic environments correct answer: hydrological cycle (water cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back correct answer: water cycle An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of wate...

What are the main steps during the Hydrologic cycle? 1. Evaporation 2. Condensation 3. Transportation 4. Transpiration 5. Precipitation 6. Runoff Evaporation Defined as: Water is transferred from earths surface to atmosphere. -80% occurs from oceans -Evaporation occurs more at warm temperatures Condensation Defined as: Conversion of water vapor to liquid -excess water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets Transportation Defined as: Movement of water in the atmosphere -Also referred ...