Complete Solutions 2024 Graded A+
, Class D Water Operator License Exam TCEQ With
Complete Solutions Graded A+
T/F: In Texas, about 75% of all water is used for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes.
-Answer✅True
Water covers approximately of Earth's surface. -Answer✅71%
Drought is an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its water supply.
-Answer✅atmospheric, ground, or surface
T/F: Only about 1 gallon of tap water per person/day is used for drinking and cooking -
Answer✅True
Excluding outside water use, the average household uses about gallons of water per
month for inside use -Answer✅2,000
T/F: Only 3% of all the fresh water on earth can be easily accessed for use. -Answer✅False
(only 1%)
T/F: In 1978, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) assumed primacy over the Safe Drinking
Water Act from the EPA. -Answer✅True
T/F: PWS officials should be pro-active in their approach to terrorism. -Answer✅True
permits the owner of a well to pump as much water as desired, even if the water is
drained from beneath the land of others. -Answer✅Rule of Capture
In Texas, agricultural water demand accounts for about % of the total water used. -
Answer✅57%
, T/F: An example of a non-transient non-community PWS is a rural school. -Answer✅True
Monitoring average and maximum daily water enables us to plan ahead for growth. -
Answer✅Demand
T/F: The Safe Drinking Water Act sets standards for drinking water including physical, chemical,
bacteriological, and radiological characteristics. -Answer✅True
"Potable" means water is safe to drink and has a measurable chlorine . -Answer✅
Residual
The plant operator is responsible for a sufficient supply of safe and drinking water. -
Answer✅Palatable
T/F: The Texas State Board of Fire Insurance requires utilities that provide fire protection to have
a minimum amount of water available based on 30 gals per person per day. -Answer✅ False
(130 gals per person per day)
T/F: The primary state regulator of water utilities is the TCEQ. -Answer✅True
T/F: All community and non-transient non-community PWS, regardless of source of water, must
be under the supervision of a licensed water works operator. -Answer✅True
Meter readers bring in operating revenue and profoundly impact relations. -Answer✅
Public
The federal regulator of drinking water is the . -Answer✅EPA
T/F: Duties of distribution operator include repairing leaks, making taps, flushing mains, and
taking radiological samples. -Answer✅False (Repair leaks, Make taps, Flush mains, Operate
pumps, Take *bacteriological* samples)