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Small Water Systems Assignment

QUESTION 1. Define the following terms.

Term

• Aquifer
• Aquitard
• Artesian well
• Pumping test
• Drawdown
• Cone of depression
• Breakpoint chlorination
• Filter backwash
• Water hardness

QUESTION 2. The town of Drought is considering a new municipal well. The engineer, Monsieur Pier Pressure, had three test wells drilled into different aquifers. A 20 minute pump test from each well yielded the following data (pumping rate was the same for each test - 200 usgpm).

Drawdown Test Result for the Town of Drought

After the pumping was stopped, the aquifer was allowed to recover. After 1 hour, well #1 was at 23.5 m; Well #2 was at 25.4 m; and Well #3 was at 5 m. Pier selected well #2 as the site for to develop a new municipal well.

a) Graph all three test results
b) Do you agree with Pier's choice? Which well is the best to use and why?
c) Which test well has the potential to fail similar to Walkerton? Explain why.

QUESTION 3. The City of Coolsville has recently hired Amy Adams as their new Chief Water Operator. Unfortunately, her most senior worker is Shaggy Rogers, who surprisingly has a class 1 licence. While Velma was reviewing Shaggy's reports, she noticed a problem. After the most recent pump test by Fred Jones, it was recommended that the maximum flow from the well be reduced from 800 L/min to 400 L/min. However,
Shaggy was still operating the well at 800 L/min. See schematic.

a) Identify 2 problems if the well is continued to run at higher flow rates. Explain why these are problematic.

b) Identify 2 conditions that may have resulted in the reduction in flows. Explain why.

City of Coolsville Water Schematic

QUESTION 4. The planning department has received a request to have a gas station approved in your town. You are the Chief Water Operator and the planning department asked for your input as to whether to approve the application or not.

a) Explain why you would NOT recommend this location.

b) What conditions might you place on the developer of the gas station if Council ignored your recommendation and provided a permit?

QUESTION 5. A new 200 foot deep well is to be disinfected with a five percent sodium hypochlorite solution. The top of the well has a 12-inch casing and the bottom 50 feet has an 8- inch casing and well screen. The water level in the well is at 80 feet from the top of the well. Since this is a new well, the desired chlorine concentration in the initial dose should be 100mg/L. How many imperial gallons of five percent sodium hypochlorite solution will be needed?

QUESTION 6. According to O. Reg 170, continuous monitoring may be used for what four regulatory parameters?

QUESTION 7. Given your parameter:

a) What is adverse for your parameter?

b) In your own words describe the action you would take if you received an adverse for your parameter

Note: Need only QUESTIONS 2,3,5,7