TCEQ WASTEWATER CLASS D LICENSE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure, and
be ample in quantity. (true/false) Answer: false (adequate pressure)
◉ Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities
from contamination, public
tours, and even terrorism. (true/false) Answer: false (public tours)
◉ The state requires bacteriological sample results be kept _____
years. Answer: 5 years
◉ The state requires chemical analysis be kept at least _____ years.
Answer: 10 years
◉ EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer
confidence report at least _____
years. Answer: 5 years
◉ A public water system provides the public with piped water for
human consumption, serves
,at least _____ service connections, and regularly serves at least _____
individuals daily at least _____
days out of the year. Answer: 15 service connections
25 individuals
60 days out of the year
◉ The water utility field affects everyone because _____. Answer:
water is essential to life and health
◉ The water utility employee should remember customers are
entitled to _____ and _____. Answer: courteous treatment and answers
to questions about water
◉ In Texas, water operator licensing is administered by the _____.
Answer: TCEQ
◉ All public water systems are required to employ licensed
operators even if the system only
_____ treated water bought from another source. Answer:
redistributes treated water
◉ Public water systems include cities, municipal utility districts,
rural water supply
corporations, mobile home parks, and _____. Answer: campgrounds
,◉ Examples of community water systems include ________.
a. municipalities
b. municipal utility districts
c. rural water supply corporations
d. mobile home parks
e. all the above Answer: e. all of the above
◉ A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the _____.
Answer: EPA
◉ The most important federal law impacting the water utility
industry is the _____. Answer: Safe Drinking Water Act (PL93-523)
◉ The four national safety and quality standards for drinking water
covered in the Safe
Drinking Water Act are physical, chemical, ________ and radiological.
Answer: bacteriological
◉ The state agency that regulates drinking water in Texas and
administers the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the ________. Answer: TCEQ
, ◉ Water utility system personnel are required to notify the TCEQ of
changes or alterations of
the system, a new facility to be built, and water supply ________.
Answer: health hazards
◉ Some regional and local agencies impacting the water utility
industry are municipal utility
districts, rural water supply corporations, drainage districts, ________,
groundwater
conservation districts, and subsidence districts. Answer: river
authorities
◉ Public relations (PR) is the relationship between YOU, the water
utility employee, and the _____. Answer: customer
◉ The keys to good customer relations are (1) everything the utility
does is PR, (2) customers
are entitled to courteous treatment, (3) every employee is a PR
person. (true/false) Answer: true
◉ Meter readers are the persons with whom customers have the
least contact. (true/false) Answer: false (meter readers often have
the most contact)
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure, and
be ample in quantity. (true/false) Answer: false (adequate pressure)
◉ Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities
from contamination, public
tours, and even terrorism. (true/false) Answer: false (public tours)
◉ The state requires bacteriological sample results be kept _____
years. Answer: 5 years
◉ The state requires chemical analysis be kept at least _____ years.
Answer: 10 years
◉ EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer
confidence report at least _____
years. Answer: 5 years
◉ A public water system provides the public with piped water for
human consumption, serves
,at least _____ service connections, and regularly serves at least _____
individuals daily at least _____
days out of the year. Answer: 15 service connections
25 individuals
60 days out of the year
◉ The water utility field affects everyone because _____. Answer:
water is essential to life and health
◉ The water utility employee should remember customers are
entitled to _____ and _____. Answer: courteous treatment and answers
to questions about water
◉ In Texas, water operator licensing is administered by the _____.
Answer: TCEQ
◉ All public water systems are required to employ licensed
operators even if the system only
_____ treated water bought from another source. Answer:
redistributes treated water
◉ Public water systems include cities, municipal utility districts,
rural water supply
corporations, mobile home parks, and _____. Answer: campgrounds
,◉ Examples of community water systems include ________.
a. municipalities
b. municipal utility districts
c. rural water supply corporations
d. mobile home parks
e. all the above Answer: e. all of the above
◉ A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the _____.
Answer: EPA
◉ The most important federal law impacting the water utility
industry is the _____. Answer: Safe Drinking Water Act (PL93-523)
◉ The four national safety and quality standards for drinking water
covered in the Safe
Drinking Water Act are physical, chemical, ________ and radiological.
Answer: bacteriological
◉ The state agency that regulates drinking water in Texas and
administers the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the ________. Answer: TCEQ
, ◉ Water utility system personnel are required to notify the TCEQ of
changes or alterations of
the system, a new facility to be built, and water supply ________.
Answer: health hazards
◉ Some regional and local agencies impacting the water utility
industry are municipal utility
districts, rural water supply corporations, drainage districts, ________,
groundwater
conservation districts, and subsidence districts. Answer: river
authorities
◉ Public relations (PR) is the relationship between YOU, the water
utility employee, and the _____. Answer: customer
◉ The keys to good customer relations are (1) everything the utility
does is PR, (2) customers
are entitled to courteous treatment, (3) every employee is a PR
person. (true/false) Answer: true
◉ Meter readers are the persons with whom customers have the
least contact. (true/false) Answer: false (meter readers often have
the most contact)
