OSSF Installer 1| Question with 100% Correct
Answer
Two categories of sources of pollutants in surface water - ✔️✔️Point source pollution
Nonpoint source pollution
Point source vs non point pollution - ✔️✔️Point source comes from specific locations through
discharge structures (pipes or ditches). Can be monitored, controlled, and inspected
Nonpoint source is intermittent, dispersed flow that escapes from pollution sources with little or
no control
Groundwater quality is recognized as a minor problem in Texas. - ✔️✔️False
Cesspools and seepage pits are legal systems in Texas and may be installed. - ✔️✔️False
Bore holes and injection wells are legal in Texas and may be installed. - ✔️✔️False
Artesian aquifers can be contaminated by bore holes and injection wells. - ✔️✔️True
In America, laws can be successfully enforced only when the majority of citizens voluntarily
comply. - ✔️✔️True
Homeowners should be educated the need for and importance of maintaining their OSSF system.
- ✔️✔️True
On-site sewage facilities (OSSF) have been regulated statewide since - ✔️✔️Sept I 1989
The state agency responsible for regulating OSSF systems is - ✔️✔️TCEQ
The first regulation of OSSF systems in Texas was done by - ✔️✔️local government
The intent of the HB1875 law is that most of the regulation of OSSF systems be done by
government. - ✔️✔️Local government
An official inspector of OSSF systems is a - ✔️✔️DR
A local government with the authority to regulate septic systems is termed an - ✔️✔️Authori ced
Agent
A person legally constructing OSSF systems as a business is an and must be licensed by -
✔️✔️Installer, TCEQ
Answer
Two categories of sources of pollutants in surface water - ✔️✔️Point source pollution
Nonpoint source pollution
Point source vs non point pollution - ✔️✔️Point source comes from specific locations through
discharge structures (pipes or ditches). Can be monitored, controlled, and inspected
Nonpoint source is intermittent, dispersed flow that escapes from pollution sources with little or
no control
Groundwater quality is recognized as a minor problem in Texas. - ✔️✔️False
Cesspools and seepage pits are legal systems in Texas and may be installed. - ✔️✔️False
Bore holes and injection wells are legal in Texas and may be installed. - ✔️✔️False
Artesian aquifers can be contaminated by bore holes and injection wells. - ✔️✔️True
In America, laws can be successfully enforced only when the majority of citizens voluntarily
comply. - ✔️✔️True
Homeowners should be educated the need for and importance of maintaining their OSSF system.
- ✔️✔️True
On-site sewage facilities (OSSF) have been regulated statewide since - ✔️✔️Sept I 1989
The state agency responsible for regulating OSSF systems is - ✔️✔️TCEQ
The first regulation of OSSF systems in Texas was done by - ✔️✔️local government
The intent of the HB1875 law is that most of the regulation of OSSF systems be done by
government. - ✔️✔️Local government
An official inspector of OSSF systems is a - ✔️✔️DR
A local government with the authority to regulate septic systems is termed an - ✔️✔️Authori ced
Agent
A person legally constructing OSSF systems as a business is an and must be licensed by -
✔️✔️Installer, TCEQ
