Class C Water Operator Texas Part 1 TCEQ 2024

Class C Water Operator Texas Part 1 TCEQ 2024 T/F The hydrological cycle is the natural exchange of water between the ocean and the atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER-True T/F 25% of the earths water is surface water, but only a small portion can be tapped by wells - CORRECT ANSWER-Flase T/F Groundwater hydrology is the science concerned with the occurrence, distribution, and movement of water above the earths surface - CORRECT ANSWER-False T/F Groundwater is the soil water that collects in porous water bearing geological formations called aquifers - CORRECT ANSWER-True T/F An Aquifer that is not confined from above by an impervious layer of rock or clay is an unconfined aquifer - CORRECT ANSWER-True T/F The level to which water rises in an unconfined aquifer is the water table - CORRECT ANSWER-True T/F An aquifer having a water table is called a water table aquifer - CORRECT ANSWER-True The area above the water table where the formations pores are full of air is the zone of ________ - CORRECT ANSWER-Percolation The area below the water table is the zone of _________ - CORRECT ANSWERAeration T/F Water table aquifers are recharged by local percolation - CORRECT ANSWER-True An aquifer that is confined by impervious material from above as well as below is called an ________ aquifer - CORRECT ANSWER-Artesian T/F An artesian well having water that naturally reaches the ground surface when tapped by a well is called a spring - CORRECT ANSWER-True T/F Water that recharges an artesian aquifer may enter from a point that is many miles from the well - CORRECT ANSWER-True