1. Who has the responsibility to provide drinking water that meets federal and state standar
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ds?: Operators
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2. must be disinfected, delivered at adequate pressure, and be ample in q f f f f f f f f f f f
uantity.: Water f
3. should guard the water supply and facilities from contami- f f f f f f f f
nation and even terrorism.: Utility employees
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requires bacteriological sample results be kept 5 years.: State
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5. The f requires chemical analysis be kept at least 10 years.: - f f f f f f f f f
State
6. requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence f f f f f f f f f f f
report at least 5 years.: EPA
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7. A f provides the public with pipes water for human con- f f f f f f f f
sumption,serves at least 15 service connections,and regularly serves at least 25 individuals
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daily at least 60 days out of the year.: Public Water System
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8. The water utility field affects everyone because: water is essential to life and health
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9. The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to: cour-
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teous treatment & answers to questions about water
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10. InTexas, water operator licensing is administered by the: TCEQ
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11. All public water systems are required to employ licensed operators even if the system
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only f treated water bought from another source.- f f f f f
: redistributes
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12. Public water systems includes cities,municipal utility districts,rural water supply corpo
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rations, mobile home parks, and: campgrounds
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13. Examples of community water systems include: a. municipalities f f f f f f f
b. municipal utility districts f f
c. rural water supply corporations
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d. mobile home parks f f
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, **e. All the above**
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14. A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the: Safe Drinking Water Act ((PL
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93-523) 1974, 1996 Revised)) f f f
15. The four national safety and quality standards for drinking water covered in the Safe Dri
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nking Water Act are physical, chemical,
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, and radiological.: bacteriological
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16. The state agency that regulates drinking water in Texas and administers the federal Sa
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fe Drinking Water Act is the: TCEQ
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