[TCEQ] EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL
VERIFIED ANSWERS [ALREADY GRADED A+]
REAL EXAM !!! REAL EXAM!!!
"Potable" means water is safe to drink and has a measurable
chlorine ________. - -----ANS----Residual
The plant operator is responsible for a sufficient supply of safe
and ________ drinking water. - -----ANS----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. - -----ANS----False
(130 gals per person per day)
T/F: The primary state regulator of water utilities is the TCEQ. - ---
--ANS----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. - -----ANS----True
,Meter readers bring in operating revenue and profoundly impact
_____ relations. - -----ANS----Public
The federal regulator of drinking water is the _____. - -----ANS----
EPA
T/F: Duties of distribution operator include repairing leaks, making
taps, flushing mains, and taking radiological samples. - -----ANS---
-False (Repair leaks, Make taps, Flush mains, Operate pumps,
Take *bacteriological* samples)
A service area has 1000 service connections. What can we
estimate the population of this service area to be? - -----ANS----
3,000 (multiply connections x 3)
T/F: The State must be notified after an existing facility is changed
or after construction of a new facility. - -----ANS----False (must
notify *before*)
T/F: A Class "D" license is valid for 2 years at ground and
purchase water systems with 250 connections or less. - -----ANS--
--False (3 years)
T/F: The physical characteristics of water are color, taste, odor,
temperature, and turbidity. - -----ANS----True
, An alkaline or basic solution has a pH greater than ____. - -----
ANS----7
T/F: The terms mg/L and ppm are not interchangeable. - -----ANS-
---False (they are interchangeable)
Suspended solids in water cannot be filtered out. - -----ANS----
False (they can)
T/F: In Texas, about 75% of all water is used for commercial,
industrial, or agricultural purposes. - -----ANS----True
Water covers approximately ________ of Earth's surface. - -----
ANS----71%
Drought is an extended period when a region receives a
deficiency in its ________ water supply. - -----ANS----
atmospheric, ground, or surface
T/F: Only about 1 gallon of tap water per person/day is used for
drinking and cooking - -----ANS----True
Excluding outside water use, the average household uses about
_______ gallons of water per month for inside use - -----ANS----
2,000