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  1. Define per capita demand. How is it useful in water supply scheme planning?
  2. Differentiate between shallow and deep wells. Compare the two from the quantity and quality point of view
  3. What are intakes? What are the essential components of an intake structure?
  4. Derive the basic equation to find out the break horse power (BHP) of the pump required to pump water at rate of Q m3/s against a dynamic head of H m.
  5. “Although conductivity does not have a water quality standard, it is considered as a parameter to assess water quality”. Why?
  6. Differentiate between available head and residual head.
  7. What is coagulation? What is the action of coagulants when added to raw water?
  8. What is the biological purification mechanism involved in a slow sand filter?
  9. Calculate the amount of bleaching powder of 30 percent available chlorine to be used to disinfect a flow of 3 lakh litres/d at a chlorine dose of 1 mg/L.
  10. What is the basic principle in the base-exchange process of water softening?
  11. Define design period. How is it decided in a water supply scheme planning?
  12. What is meant by fluctuations in demand? How is this information used for balancing tank design?
  13. List any four important factors on which site selection of Intake Structures depend.
  14. What is meant by economical diameter of a rising main?
  15. Give any four factors on which the coagulant dose depends.
  16. What is the biological purification mechanism involved in a slow sand filter?
  17. The groundwater available for domestic water consumption was found to have problems of taste, odour and excessive iron present. Suggest any two household level methods of purification this water.
  18. What is the basic principle in the base-exchange process of water softening?
  19. Give any four methods of waste prevention in water Supply, distribution system.
  20. What is meant by ‘rain water harvesting’?
  21. What is the efficiency of the pump?
  22. Name the methods of removing permanent hardness from water.
  23. What is characteristics curve?
  24. Differentiate between slow sand filter and pressure filter
  25. Name two physical water quality parameters and their importance in drinking water
  26. What is air valve? Where is it applied?
  27. What is flocculation?
  28. Name two criteria for selection of pump.
  29. List two advantages of rotary pump.
  30. What are the methods for disinfection of water?