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Question 1
What is a main challenge in implementing a Demand Responsive Approach in rural areas of developing economies?

People do not take responsibility for the installations

That demand is difficult to assess

It is much more expensive for the government

*That government staff should communicate with and listen to people

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2.Question 2
What is the typical wastewater system in rural Sub-Saharan Africa?

NO: Reuse for flushing latrines

NO: Septic tanks

Seepage into the ground

Small sewers

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3.Question 3
Who decides typically where waste handling facilities like landfills and incineration plants should be located?

National/State management level


NO: Federal (e.g. EU/USA) management level

International (UN) level

NO: Municipal level

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4.Question 4
What is a controlled landfill?

A landfill that will later on become a hill in a city

A landfill where every wwaste item is registered

*A landfill where leachate and emissions are controlled

A landfill where no scavengers are allowed

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5.Question 5
In a city where proper care has not yet been taken, what is the highest fraction of water that could be lost by leakages and waste after it has
been purified?

*More than 50%

More than 20%

More than 10%


More than 30%

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6.Question 6
What is a good approach to lower the water consumption in a rich country (like Denmark)?

Limiting the availability of water in the pipe system

Adding chlorine in high concentrations

Make legislation against high consumption of water

*Setting high water tariffs

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7.Question 7
Integrated Urban Water Management is implemented in order to:

*- Achieve a sustainable management and use of water resources in urban areas

- Give the public a positive experience with water management

- Avoid disturbance of traffic during heavy rains

- Assure that water is not polluted by solid waste or other pollution sources

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8.Question 8
What is the reason for not just building larger sewers to take care of the excessive rains in a city like Copenhagen?
Water would seep into and pollute the groundwater

*It is too expensive

It is too difficult to manage

It is too technically complicated

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9.Question 9
What is the most pressing problem related to Air pollution?

Finances for paying implementation of solutions

*Legislation and enforcement

Development of technical solutions

The reasons for the pollution are not understood

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10.Question 10
What causes the majority of the human health problems in the world related to environmental pollution?

Drinking water Pollution

River water pollution

Littering
*Air pollution

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