TEXAS IRRIGATOR LICENSE EXAM TEXAS
RULES AND REGULATIONS PRACTICE TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
RULES AND REGULATIONS PRACTICE TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
