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1. What fraction of the total water supply on the planet is available for use by humans?

a. 0.1 percent
b. 8 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 48 percent

2. How many Americans can correctly identify that stormwater runoff is a common source of pollution in streams, rivers and oceans?

a. 3 percent
b. 22 percent
c. 31 percent
d. 48 percent

3. Recent research shows that water quality declines sharply when impervious cover (roads, driveways, roofs, etc.) in a watershed exceeds:

a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 45 percent
d. 75 percent

4. The residential zoning category that causes the water quality of local streams to decline sharply is:

a. 1/4 acre lots
b. 1/2 acre lots
c. 1 acre lots
d. 10 acre lots

5. How many gallons of water fall on a one-acre yard during a one-inch rainfall?

a. 5,800 gallons
b. 10,200 gallons
c. 27,200 gallons
d. 51,000 gallons

6. How much more stormwater runoff is produced by a one-acre parking lot compared to a one-acre meadow?

a. Twice as much
b. Five times as much
c. Ten times as much
d. Sixteen times as much

7. A single quart of motor oil dumped down a storm sewer creates an oil slick of what size?

a. No slick because the oil travel from the storm
b. 160 square feet
c. 2 acres
d. 14 acres

8. How many pounds of grass trimmings are generated by the average suburban lawn each year?

a. 50 pounds
b. 400 pounds
c. 1,500 pounds
d. 2 tons

9. What percentage of Americans who own a septic system don’t know where it is located on their property?

a. 0 percent
b. 2 percent
c. 12 percent
d. 32 percent

10. How many fecal coliform bacteria are in an average-sized dog dropping?

a. 50
b. 1,200
c. 55,000
d. 3 billion

Town of Landis | P.O. Box 8165 | 312 S. Main Street | Landis, NC 28088

Phone: 704.857.2411 | Fax: 704.855.3350 | Contact Info

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