/F: In Texas, about 75% of all water is used for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes. - ANS True Water covers approximately ________ of Earth's surface. - ANS 71% Drought is an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its ________ water supply. - ANS atmospheric, ground, ...
Class D Water Operator License Exam TCEQ With
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T/F: In Texas, about 75% of all water is used for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes.
-Answer✅ True
Water covers approximately ________ of Earth's surface. -Answer✅ 71%
Drought is an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its ________ water supply.
-Answer✅ atmospheric, ground, or surface
T/F: Only about 1 gallon of tap water per person/day is used for drinking and cooking -
Answer✅ True
Excluding outside water use, the average household uses about _______ gallons of water per
month for inside use -Answer✅ 2,000
T/F: Only 3% of all the fresh water on earth can be easily accessed for use. -Answer✅ False
(only 1%)
T/F: In 1978, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) assumed primacy over the Safe Drinking
Water Act from the EPA. -Answer✅ True
T/F: PWS officials should be pro-active in their approach to terrorism. -Answer✅ True
_________ permits the owner of a well to pump as much water as desired, even if the water is
drained from beneath the land of others. -Answer✅ Rule of Capture
In Texas, agricultural water demand accounts for about ___% of the total water used. -
Answer✅ 57%
,T/F: An example of a non-transient non-community PWS is a rural school. -Answer✅ True
Monitoring average and maximum daily water ______ enables us to plan ahead for growth. -
Answer✅ Demand
T/F: The Safe Drinking Water Act sets standards for drinking water including physical, chemical,
bacteriological, and radiological characteristics. -Answer✅ True
"Potable" means water is safe to drink and has a measurable chlorine ________. -Answer✅
Residual
The plant operator is responsible for a sufficient supply of safe and ________ drinking water. -
Answer✅ Palatable
T/F: The Texas State Board of Fire Insurance requires utilities that provide fire protection to have
a minimum amount of water available based on 30 gals per person per day. -Answer✅ False
(130 gals per person per day)
T/F: The primary state regulator of water utilities is the TCEQ. -Answer✅ True
T/F: All community and non-transient non-community PWS, regardless of source of water, must
be under the supervision of a licensed water works operator. -Answer✅ True
Meter readers bring in operating revenue and profoundly impact _____ relations. -Answer✅
Public
The federal regulator of drinking water is the _____. -Answer✅ EPA
T/F: Duties of distribution operator include repairing leaks, making taps, flushing mains, and
taking radiological samples. -Answer✅ False (Repair leaks, Make taps, Flush mains, Operate
pumps, Take *bacteriological* samples)
, A service area has 1000 service connections. What can we estimate the population of this
service area to be? -Answer✅ 3,000 (multiply connections x 3)
T/F: The State must be notified after an existing facility is changed or after construction of a new
facility. -Answer✅ False (must notify *before*)
T/F: A Class "D" license is valid for 2 years at ground and purchase water systems with 250
connections or less. -Answer✅ False (3 years)
T/F: The physical characteristics of water are color, taste, odor, temperature, and turbidity. -
Answer✅ True
An alkaline or basic solution has a pH greater than ____. -Answer✅ 7
T/F: The terms mg/L and ppm are not interchangeable. -Answer✅ False (they are
interchangeable)
Suspended solids in water cannot be filtered out. -Answer✅ False (they can)
Solids, water hardness, pH and gases are ____ characteristics. -Answer✅ Chemical
T/F: There are 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom in each water molecule. -Answer✅ True
T/F: The State recommends a water pH of less than 7 to be maintained at all time. -Answer✅
False (The state recommends a pH slightly greater than 7 and for the water to be non-corrosive.)
T/F: Taste and odor can come from organisms such as vegetation, bacteria, and algae, and from
certain chemicals and metals. -Answer✅ True
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