Class D Water Operator License Exam TCEQ/
Strategies Review of Key Quizzes & Correct
Answers.
Terms in this set (180)
Drought is an extended atmospheric, ground, or surface
period when a region
receives a deficiency in its
________ water supply.
T/F: Only about 1 gallon of True
tap water per person/day is
used for drinking and
cooking
Excluding outside water 2,000
use, the average
household uses about
_______ gallons of water per
month for inside use
T/F: Only 3% of all the fresh False (only 1%)
water on earth can be easily
accessed for use.
T/F: In 1978, the Texas True
Department of Health
(TDH) assumed primacy
over the Safe Drinking
Water Act from the EPA.
,T/F: PWS officials should True
be pro-active in their
approach to terrorism.
_________ permits the Rule of Capture
owner of a well to pump as
much water as desired, even
if the water is drained from
beneath the land of others.
57%
In Texas, agricultural water
demand accounts for about
___% of the total water used.
True
T/F: An example of a
nontransient non-community
PWS is a rural school.
Monitoring average and Demand
maximum daily water
______ enables us to plan
ahead for growth.
T/F: The Safe Drinking Water True
Act sets standards for
drinking water including
physical, chemical,
bacteriological, and
radiological characteristics.
"Potable" means water is Residual
safe to drink and has a
measurable chlorine
________.
, The plant operator is Palatable
responsible for a sufficient
supply of safe and ________
drinking water.
T/F: The Texas State Board of False (130 gals per person per day)
Fire Insurance requires
utilities that provide fire
protection to have a
minimum amount of water
available based on 30 gals per
person per day.
True
T/F: The primary state
regulator of water utilities is
the TCEQ.
T/F: All community and non- True
transient noncommunity
PWS, regardless of source of
water, must be under the
supervision of a licensed
water works operator.
Meter readers bring in Public
operating revenue and
profoundly impact _____
relations.
The federal regulator of EPA
drinking water is the _____.
T/F: Duties of distribution False (Repair leaks, Make taps, Flush mains, Operate pumps, Take
operator include repairing bacteriological samples)
leaks, making taps, flushing
mains, and taking
radiological samples.
Strategies Review of Key Quizzes & Correct
Answers.
Terms in this set (180)
Drought is an extended atmospheric, ground, or surface
period when a region
receives a deficiency in its
________ water supply.
T/F: Only about 1 gallon of True
tap water per person/day is
used for drinking and
cooking
Excluding outside water 2,000
use, the average
household uses about
_______ gallons of water per
month for inside use
T/F: Only 3% of all the fresh False (only 1%)
water on earth can be easily
accessed for use.
T/F: In 1978, the Texas True
Department of Health
(TDH) assumed primacy
over the Safe Drinking
Water Act from the EPA.
,T/F: PWS officials should True
be pro-active in their
approach to terrorism.
_________ permits the Rule of Capture
owner of a well to pump as
much water as desired, even
if the water is drained from
beneath the land of others.
57%
In Texas, agricultural water
demand accounts for about
___% of the total water used.
True
T/F: An example of a
nontransient non-community
PWS is a rural school.
Monitoring average and Demand
maximum daily water
______ enables us to plan
ahead for growth.
T/F: The Safe Drinking Water True
Act sets standards for
drinking water including
physical, chemical,
bacteriological, and
radiological characteristics.
"Potable" means water is Residual
safe to drink and has a
measurable chlorine
________.
, The plant operator is Palatable
responsible for a sufficient
supply of safe and ________
drinking water.
T/F: The Texas State Board of False (130 gals per person per day)
Fire Insurance requires
utilities that provide fire
protection to have a
minimum amount of water
available based on 30 gals per
person per day.
True
T/F: The primary state
regulator of water utilities is
the TCEQ.
T/F: All community and non- True
transient noncommunity
PWS, regardless of source of
water, must be under the
supervision of a licensed
water works operator.
Meter readers bring in Public
operating revenue and
profoundly impact _____
relations.
The federal regulator of EPA
drinking water is the _____.
T/F: Duties of distribution False (Repair leaks, Make taps, Flush mains, Operate pumps, Take
operator include repairing bacteriological samples)
leaks, making taps, flushing
mains, and taking
radiological samples.
