TCEQ Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How long must a water system save their bacteriological test results? - Answer 5 years Which of the following would be classified as a community type public water system? - Answer Mobile home park Which of the following agencies is responsible for regulating drinking water standards in the state of Texas? - Answer TCEQ The utility employee with the most frequent contact with the customer is the? - Answer Meter reader Community water systems are required to provide customers w...

How many Training Hours and experience for a class D Water Operator - Answer 16 Hours Training and No Experience How many Training Hours and experience for a class C Water Operator - Answer 36 Hours Training and 1 year Experience How many Training Hours and experience for a class B Water Operator - Answer 100 Hours Training and 3 years Experience (must include 1 year of hands on experience) How many Training Hours and experience for a class A Water Operator - Answer 200 Hours Tr...

Calcium Hypochlorite - Answer A common chemical used in the disenfection of a small water supply is- A Cross Connection - Answer A physical connection between a potable water supply and a house well would be- Demand - Answer The amount of Chlorine in mg/L that is used by reacting with iron, organics, or bacteria is called? Greenish Yellow color Heavier than air Pungent, Penetrating odor Corrosive - Answer All of the following are Physical characteristics of Chlorine gas- ...

a disease that cannot be contracted by drinking contaminated water is - Answer malaria a non-permit confined space by OSHA standards means a confined space that - Answer does not contain or have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death when used in connection with the safe drinking water act, the term mcl means - Answer maximum containment level examples of non-community water systems include - Answer highway rest areas the TCEQ requires that results be re...

Ammonia mixed with chlorine gas creates a - Answer white smoke The most difficult part of a water distribution operator's job. - Answer furnish a continuous supply Physical connection between a safe and potentially unsafe water source. - Answer cross connection A distribution system is a - Answer looped system Dead end mains should be flushed - Answer every month Excess nitrate causes a condition called - Answer blue baby syndrome Water hardness is caused by - Answ...

Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking water that meets federal and state standards. (true/false) - Answer true Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure, and be ample in quantity. (true/false) - Answer false (adequate pressure) Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities from contamination, public tours, and even terrorism. (true/false) - Answer false (public tours) The state requires bacteriological sample results be kept _____...

What are some physical characteristics of water? - Answer Temperature, turbidity, color, taste, odor What are some chemical characteristics of water? - Answer Hardness, pH, solids, and gases What is turbidity? - Answer the amount of suspended matter, such as clay, silt, organic matter, and microorganisms in water T/F Water is never found pure in nature. - Answer True Is turbidity more of a problem in groundwater or surface water? - Answer Surface water A system's filter...

Texas Health and Safety Code is in - Answer Title 5 Chapter 341 (TAC) The requirement to perform a CSI is based on a law found in - Answer Texas Health and Safety Code Individuals who can perform a CSI - Answer - Plumbing Inspectors licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing - Licensed plumbers holding the Water Supply Protection Specialist endorsement - CSI licensed by TCEQ The TCEQ has primary responsibility for the quality of the water from the point of production all the ...

Who has primary responsibility for protecting customers from cross-connection, lead exceedances, waterborne diseases, pollutants, and contaminants in the drinking water? - Answer Water Purveyor They give no prior Warnings Unsuspected people are affected human error is involved they can all be prevented - Answer What are the themes or occurrences that all cross-conncetions incidents have in common? After effective disinfection, protection, of the water supply form contamination is t...

_______ and ________ soil textural classes are always unsuitable for standard absorptive OSSF - Answer class IA and IV List each of the major soil horizons - Answer surface soil A, surface soil B, and parent material _____________ is a term describing the ability of water to migrate through a soil profile under either _________ or __________ conditions. - Answer Hydraulic conductivity, saturated, unsaturated Interconnected pores in the soil profile allow ______ and _______ to ente...