LA CES CEU – Mimicking Nature to Manage Water On-Site, 9.9.2020

Successfully complete the following quiz to qualify for 1 LA CES continuing education credit. A passing grade requires 8 correct answers.

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1. What are BMPs?
- Best Management Properties
- Best Management Practices
- Best Management Principles
2. A __________ device carries dirt collected on roof tops between storms.
- Cistern
- First Flush
- Raingarden
3. What filters pollutants and nitrogen in the treatment beds?
- First Flush
- Roots and Microbes
- Septic System
4. What are three things a raingarden does to stormwater?
- Slow, retain, and infiltrate
- Slow, hold, and overflow
- Slow, infiltrate, and spill
5. Natural stormwater management infiltration techniques include:
- a. Porous Pavement
- b. Bioretention Basins
- c. Drip Irrigation Infiltration
- d. A and B
- e. B and C
- f. All of the above
6. The Stroud Center Rainwater Capture System includes:
- Metal roof, Porous pavement, Rainbarrel
- Metal roof, Rainbarrel, Underground cisterns
- Rainbarrel, Cistern, Water Treatment tanks
7. The Stroud Center natural water treatment system includes:
- Two wetland cells designed to treat 2000 gallons/day
- Treatment and equalization tank
- Drip irrigation infiltration
- All of the above
8. How many observation/testing wells are used to monitor groundwater quality?
- 8
- 5
- 4
9. What were the goals of Getting the Water Right?
- Reduce groundwater demand, reduce nitrogen pollution, manage stormwater
- Reduce groundwater demand, improve the septic system
- Improve the septic system, manage stormwater runoff, reduce nitrogen pollution
10. What is a raingarden?
- Stormwater retention system
- Stormwater infiltration system
- Stormwater native plant garden
- All of the above
11. Stroud uses cistern water for:
- a. Handwashing
- b. Toilet flushing
- c. Lab analytics
- d. A and B
- e. B and C
- f. All of the above
12. Infiltration into the soil is through a four-zone system.
- True
- False

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