Course Glossary


This shows the specialized terms used in EarthWise Academy. This section contains all the definitions used in the various course glossaries used by each course.


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Denitrifiers

Facultative heterotrophic bacteria (such as Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Achromobacter) that convert nitrate in wastewater to nitrogen gas, given an anoxic environment.

  • (BNR01) Nitrification and Denitrification – An Introduction to Nitrogen Removal (1485)

Denitrification

An anoxic process that occurs when nitrite or nitrate ions are reduced to nitrogen gas and nitrogen bubbles are formed as a result of this process.

  • (BNR01) Nitrification and Denitrification – An Introduction to Nitrogen Removal (1485)

DBT

DBT - Design Basis Threat

Description of a specific adversary and mode of attack that has a degree of likelihood of occurring.

  • (SEC01) Securing Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities 2954

DBPs

  1. DBPs - Disinfection Byproducts
    • (DBP01) DBP Rule – Overview (1282)
    • (DBP02) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting – Job Aids (1283)
    • (DBP10) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for Chlorine⁄Chloramines (1284)
    • (DBP13) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for TTHM⁄HAA5 (1285)
    • (DBP14) DBP Rule Violations for Pa. PWSs using Chorine⁄Chloramines (1825)
    • (DBP15) DBP Rule – Maintaining Compliance for Pa. PWSs using Chlorine/Chloramines (1570)
    • (DBP20) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for PWSs Using Chlorine Dioxide (1278)
    • (DBP30) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for PWSs Using Ozone (1279)
    • (DBP40) Enhanced Coagulation – Basics (1280)
    • (LCR11) LCR – Initial Planning, Monitoring and Reporting (1488)
    • (PNR01) Public Notification – An Introduction for NCWSs (2332)
  2. Compounds, such as HAA5's and TTHM's that form when disinfectants encounter certain organic substances present in raw water. Long term exposure to some disinfectant by-products has been linked to cancer.
    • (DBP43) Jar Testing for Process Control of Conventional Filtration: Part 1 (2019)

DBP Rule

 

DBP Rule - Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

D&DBP RUle

  • (DBP01) DBP Rule – Overview (1282)
  • (DBP02) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting – Job Aids (1283)
  • (DBP10) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for Chlorine⁄Chloramines (1284)
  • (DBP13) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for TTHM⁄HAA5 (1285)
  • (DBP14) DBP Rule Violations for Pa. PWSs using Chorine⁄Chloramines (1825)
  • (DBP15) DBP Rule – Maintaining Compliance for Pa. PWSs using Chlorine/Chloramines (1570)
  • (DBP41) Enhanced Coagulation – TOC Monitoring (1281)
  • (PNR11) Public Notification – Violations and Tiers for NCWSs (2333)

Agronomic Loading Rates

The annual whole biosolids application rate designed to:

  • Provide the amount of nitrogen needed by the food crop, feed crop, fiber crop, silviculture crop, cover crop, horticulture crop or vegetation grown on the land.
  • Minimize the amount of nitrogen in the biosolids that passes below the root zone of the crop or vegetation grown on the land to the groundwater.

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  • (BIO01) Biosolids Agronomic Loading Rates Part 1 (1247)
  • (BIO02) Biosolids Agronomic Loading Rates Part 2 – Manure (1484)

D Sampling Sites

Representative sites within the distribution system.

Sample Siting Plan

  • (LCR13) LCR Planning Tools for NTNCWS (2537)

CWS

CWS - Community Water System

  1. Community Water System (CWS)
    • (DBP01) DBP Rule – Overview (1282)
    • (DBP02) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting – Job Aids (1283)
    • (DBP10) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for Chlorine⁄Chloramines (1284)
    • (DBP13) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting for TTHM⁄HAA5 (1285)
    • (DBP30) DBP Rule Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for PWSs Using Ozone (1279)
    • (LCR12) LCR Planning Tools for CWS (2536)
  2. A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
    • (CCR01)Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Overview (2338)
    • (DBP14) DBP Rule Violations for Pa. PWSs using Chorine⁄Chloramines (1825)
    • (DBP15) DBP Rule – Maintaining Compliance for Pa. PWSs using Chlorine/Chloramines (1570)
    • (LCR10) Lead and Copper Rule — Basics (1423)
    • (LCR11) LCR – Initial Planning, Monitoring and Reporting (1488)
    • (RAD01) Radionuclide Rule – Initial Monitoring and Reporting (1503)

CCT

CCT - Corrosion Control Treatment

Water treatment that minimizes the lead and copper concentrations at users' taps while ensuring that the treatment does not cause the system to violate any primary maximum contaminant level.

  • (LCR10) Lead and Copper Rule – Basics (1423)
    (LCR11) LCR – Initial Planning, Monitoring and Reporting (1488)

CCR

CCR -Consumer Confidence Report

An annual water quality report that community water systems deliver to their customers.

  • (CCR01)Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Overview (2338)
  • (PNR03) Public Notification – Delivery for CWSs [2326]

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