Certificate III in Water Operations

Semester 1 Assessment

Name: _________________________________________

Assessor: _______________________________________

Assessment Date: ________________________________

Assessment Result: ________________________________

Instructions:

PART A
PART B

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2.

Water Treatment Chemistry

Water Treatment Processes

110 Marks
90 Marks

Answer ALL questions in the space provided.

Underline or highlight final answers

Time Allowed: 3 Hours

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PART A Water Treatment chemistry

Periodic Table and Atomic Structure:
1.
List the first 10 multivalent elements
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List 5 monovalent non-metallic
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List ALL the reactive gases elements including number of protons

elections and neutrons
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4.

Write the formulas and molecular mass of the following:

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Potassium Chloride

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Aluminium Sulphate

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Calcium Carbonate

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Sulphuric Acid

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Calcium Hydroxide

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Acetic Acid

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Hydrochloric Acid

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Aluminium Hydroxide _______________________________________
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5.
Write balanced equations for the following reactions
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Sodium Hydroxide + Phosphoric Acid

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Calcium Hydroxide + Hydrochloric Acid
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Moles
6.

n = m/MR

Calculate the number of moles of the following: (scientific notation)

10 Marks
a)

0.00058g of Sodium Chloride

b)

335Kg of Lime

Molarity (Molarity = moles/Volume in Litres)

7.
An Operator discovers that his acid container has ruptured spilling
1000L of 12M
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Of Hydrochloric Acid. He attempts to neutralize the spill by covering

it with the contents of 4 x 25Kg bags of Lime. Calculate whether this
is sufficient lime or indeed too much. Either way report the correct
amount needed (in Kg).
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8.
0.250

Calculate the mass of Alum required to prepare 250. mL of

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solution

9.
How many millilitres of 0.200 M H2SO4 are required to completely
eutralize 250. mL of
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0.250 M NaOH?

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pH

pH = -log[H+]

H+ = concentration, Concentration = 1x

-pH

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10. Calculate the pH of the following:

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a)

0.0001M NaOH

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0.000001M CH3COOH

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c)

3.7865 x 10-3M Ammonia (NH3)

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c)

1.0 x 10-7M NaCl

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11.

Calculate the mass of Sodium Hydroxide required to make a

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20L drum of pH 9.5

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PART B
1.

Water Treatment processes

Describe options for primary pre-treatment of water from highly

5 Marks
contaminated sources.

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2.
What is the purpose of the primary sedimentation process?
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3.

Describe the jar testing and what is its purpose in water treatment?
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4.
Describe the process of coagulation
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Describe the process of Flocculation

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What is the sludge blanket?
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7.
Describe Multi-media filtration (use diagrams)
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8.
Describe Activated Carbon Filtration (use diagrams)
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What is neutralization?
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(use a chemical reaction to demonstrate the process)
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10.

Describe the titration process

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(use diagrams if necessary)

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11. What is an indicator? List 2 examples.

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How is pH measured?

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13. How do you measure turbidity?
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14. What is the purpose of disinfection? List examples, how does it

work?10 Marks
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15.
What is the purpose of fluoridation? What precautions would you
take when
handling Fluoride substances?
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