TCEQ EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● 25%
Answer: How much percent of the earth's fresh water is under ground?
●● Percolation
Answer: Soil water continues to trickle downward through the soil until
it contacts an impervious layer of rock or clay. What is this called?
●● Groundwater collected in porous, water-bearing geological
formations underground.
Answer: Aquifier
●● An aquifer that is not confined by an impervious layer of rock or clay
from above.
Answer: Unconfined Aquifier
●● An aquifer that is confined by impervious material from above.
Answer: Confined (Artesian) Aquifier
●● Water from a tapped artesian aquifer that reaches the ground surface
naturally.
, Answer: Flowing Artesian Well
●● Water-bearing formations that have reached the ground's surface.
Answer: Spring
●● Not below an impervious layer and usually less than 100 feet deep.
Answer: Shallow Well
●● Usually below an impervious layer and go to great depth.
Answer: Deep Well
●● The state agency who provides leadership, planning, financial
assistance, information, and education for the conservation and
responsible development of water for Texas.
Answer: Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
●● Groundwater belonging to the landowner, giving them the right to
pump water from under their property in unlimited quantities. Also
known as "the law of the biggest pump."
Answer: Rule of Capture
●● Surface water is owned by who(m)?
Answer: The State of Texas
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● 25%
Answer: How much percent of the earth's fresh water is under ground?
●● Percolation
Answer: Soil water continues to trickle downward through the soil until
it contacts an impervious layer of rock or clay. What is this called?
●● Groundwater collected in porous, water-bearing geological
formations underground.
Answer: Aquifier
●● An aquifer that is not confined by an impervious layer of rock or clay
from above.
Answer: Unconfined Aquifier
●● An aquifer that is confined by impervious material from above.
Answer: Confined (Artesian) Aquifier
●● Water from a tapped artesian aquifer that reaches the ground surface
naturally.
, Answer: Flowing Artesian Well
●● Water-bearing formations that have reached the ground's surface.
Answer: Spring
●● Not below an impervious layer and usually less than 100 feet deep.
Answer: Shallow Well
●● Usually below an impervious layer and go to great depth.
Answer: Deep Well
●● The state agency who provides leadership, planning, financial
assistance, information, and education for the conservation and
responsible development of water for Texas.
Answer: Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
●● Groundwater belonging to the landowner, giving them the right to
pump water from under their property in unlimited quantities. Also
known as "the law of the biggest pump."
Answer: Rule of Capture
●● Surface water is owned by who(m)?
Answer: The State of Texas
