Class D Water License – Texas (Notes from the Basic Water Works Operations class)2023

Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking water that meets federal and state standards. (true/false) - true Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure, and be ample in quantity. (true/false) - false (adequate pressure) Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities from contamination, public tours, and even terrorism. (true/false) - false (public tours) The state requires bacteriological sample results be kept _____ years. - 5 years The state requires chemical analysis be kept at least _____ years. - 10 years EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence report at least _____ years. - 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. - 15 service connections 25 individuals 60 days out of the year The water utility field affects everyone because _____. - water is essential to life and health The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to _____ and _____. - courteous treatment and answers to questions about water In Texas, water operator licensing is administered by the _____. - TCEQ All public water systems are required to employ licensed operators even if the system only _____ treated water bought from another source. - redistributes treated water Public water systems include cities, municipal utility districts, rural water supply corporations, mobile home parks, and _____. - 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 - e. all of the above A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the _____. - EPA The most important federal law impacting the water utility industry is the _____. - Safe Drinking Water Act (PL93-523)