Description UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW General Environmental Science I ENV 122 LAB: Virtual Lan ...

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Description UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW General Environmental Science I ENV 122 LAB: Virtual Landfill and Wastewater Treatment Tours Name: ______________________ Please watch the video at the following link to get a virtual tour of a landfill and answer the questions about your virtual tour: https://youtu.be/P_CNawTetqw 1. Name three things a modern landfill is designed to protect 2. How much of the landfill site is actually the landfill? List at least three things we find on the landfill site in addition to the landfill itself. 3. What is a cell in the context of a landfill? 4. What is the purpose of the cell liner? 5. What is the working face? 6. What is the purpose of the liner that is used to cover the working face at the end of each day? 7. How is odor minimized at the landfill and where does the water they use come from? 8. What are the two main by-products produced by the landfill captured in the wells? 9. What happens with the methane captured at the landfill? 10. How much energy can one cell generate? 11. What is the name for the liquid that is produced by the decomposition of trash? 12. How is leachate formed and where does it go once it leaves the landfill? 13. How long can a landfill be monitored after it is closed? 14. What are some things that closed landfills have been turned into? Now you will take a virtual tour of the Alexandria wastewater treatment plant using the following link and answer the questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mxvOXxEO18 1. How much water is typically cleaned every day at AlexRenew? 2. What is the first step in water processing once the water reaches the AlexRenew plant? 3. How is the grit removed from the water? 4. What happens in the primary settling tanks? 5. Where does the water go after the primary settling tanks? 6. What are the two kinds of microbes in the BRBs (Biological Reactor Basins)? What does this step of the wastewater treatment do? 7. Where does the water go when it exits the BRBs? 8. How is phosphorus removed in the tertiary settling tanks? 9. How is the water disinfected before it is discharged? 10. Where is the water from AlexRenew discharged? 11. What are two by-products from the sludge and how are they used? 12. How is water reused at AlexRenew? 13. What color pipes are used for reclaimed water? How is the reclaimed water used? Purchase answer to see full attachment User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.