Practice Environmental Quality: Monitoring And Analysis (1) - Transport of Pollutants - Introduction

Practice: Environmental Quality: Monitoring and Analysis

Lesson 1Transport of Pollutants - Introduction

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Question 1.
What is the basic principle of mass balance?
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Think about input and output rates.
Question 2.
What does the box model assume?
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Consider how we analyze different segments of a water body.
3Question 3.
What is the primary focus of pollutant monitoring?
- Estimating pH levels
- Estimating pollutant concentrations
- Calculating flow velocity
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Recall the main objective outlined in our discussion.
4Question 4.
The box model assumes uniform mixing. True or False?
- True
- False
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Think about the assumptions we made when discussing the box model.
Question 5.
A lake has a steady rate of pollution entry at 5 kg/day and loses 2 kg/day through evaporation. What will be the concentration change given a volume of 1000 m³?
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Consider both generation and loss to calculate net rates.
Question 6.
Discuss how incorporating tributaries with different pollutant concentrations affects the mass balance of a river. How would you adjust your equations?
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Think of each tributary as an additional input into the mass balance.

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