Adams County - Stormwater Quiz

Test your "Stormwater" knowledge!

You pass with 60%, but keep trying until you earn the Heron Badge.

Only 15 questions ahead. Good Luck!

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1. What is Stormwater?

Recycled water

Graywater

Snowmelt

Water from our toilets, sinks and showers

Rain

Drinking Water

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2. Besides stormwater, what is another source of urban runoff?

Water from washing machines

Water from hand sinks

Water from lawn sprinklers, car washing and garden hose

None of the above

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3. Where does stormwater pollution come from?

Litter, Yard Clippings, Pet Waste, Fertilizer & Pesticides.

None of the above.

Indoor manufacturing activities.

Aerospace.

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4. The storm drainage system includes:

Septic tanks, leach fields and wastewater treatment plant.

Water valves and dechlorination station.

Ditches, storm drains and swales.

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5. If you live miles from the nearest stream your activities, such as blowing off grass clippings into the curb, do not affect water pollution.

True

False

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6. What is a watershed?

A pump house.

A very large rain event that overflows storm drains.

A land area that drains stormwater and runoff into the same creek, river, bay or ocean.

A structure housing equipment to measure rainfall.

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7. What percentage of U.S. waterways are not clean enough for fishing and/or swimming?

60%

80%

40%

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8. The #1 pollutant in stormwater by volume is:

Sediment

Motor Oil

Nutrients

Trash

Pathogens

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9. Dog waste is the best fertilizer for the yard.

False

True

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10. A hose should be used to get rid-off leaves and grass clippings.

True

False

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11. Clean kitty litter can be used to clean-up motor oil spills.

False

True

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12. Water from a swimming pool or a spa may be poured down the storm drain.

True, only if de-chlorinated.

False, it is an illicit discharge.

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13. Putting trash in the dumpster is one of the easiest ways to reduce stormwater pollution.

False

True

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14. Water from car washing should flow into a landscape area or lawn.

True

False

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15. If everyone practiced simple pollution prevention practices our beaches, creeks, rivers, bays and ocean would be cleaner

False

True