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TCEQ Wastewater License Exam Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Detailed Solutions 100%
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Polio and infectious hepatitis
What are pathogens? What are two viral diseases that could be
carried in wastewater?
- Wear cut-resistant gloves
- Wash after contacting wastewater
- Do not eat or smoke around wastewater
- Disinfect equipment with bleach
- Well-maintained water system
- Sanitary collection system
- Well-operated wastewater treatment plant
What are precautions individuals can take to protect against
pathogens in the collection system? How do communities overall
prevent waterborne disease?
- Dispose of solids
- Destroy pathogens
- Eliminate nuisances
- Protect downstream users
What is the purpose of wastewater treatment?
The Texas Water Code
What is the state law regulating water pollution control in Texas?
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Who is the primary state agency having authority for water
pollution control in Texas?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delegated that
authority to the individual states.
How did the state get its authority to control water pollution?
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The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. As amended
in 1977, this law commonly became known as the Clean
Water Act
What is the EPA's primary wastewater legislation?
- Created pollution control programs
- Made it unlawful to discharge a point source into navigable
waters without a permit
- Funded construction of wastewater treatment plants
What did the Clean Water Act do?
If the operator:
- violates the permit
- falsifies records
- states misleading information on the licensing application
- or causes other violations
When can TCEQ revoke an operator's permit?
An act or omission through which waste or other substances
are inadvertently discharged into water in the state. TCEQ
must be notified within 24 hours if one occurs.
What is an accidental discharge? When must TCEQ be notified
about it?
Any discharge of wastewater into or adjacent to waters in the
state at a location not permitted as an outfall. Ex: SSO
What is an unauthorized discharge?
10,000 or more
At what population does a city may have to establish a water
pollution control and abatement program?
- Raised to a higher elevation
- Pumped over a hill
- Lifted at a plant for gravity flow
Lift stations are built when wastewater is:
- To maintain state water quality
- To promote wastewater collection and disposal systems
- To use all reasonable methods to implement the state water
plan
TCEQ's goals regarding water pollution control are:
TCEQ Wastewater License Exam Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Detailed Solutions 100%
Correct Graded A+
Polio and infectious hepatitis
What are pathogens? What are two viral diseases that could be
carried in wastewater?
- Wear cut-resistant gloves
- Wash after contacting wastewater
- Do not eat or smoke around wastewater
- Disinfect equipment with bleach
- Well-maintained water system
- Sanitary collection system
- Well-operated wastewater treatment plant
What are precautions individuals can take to protect against
pathogens in the collection system? How do communities overall
prevent waterborne disease?
- Dispose of solids
- Destroy pathogens
- Eliminate nuisances
- Protect downstream users
What is the purpose of wastewater treatment?
The Texas Water Code
What is the state law regulating water pollution control in Texas?
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Who is the primary state agency having authority for water
pollution control in Texas?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delegated that
authority to the individual states.
How did the state get its authority to control water pollution?
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The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. As amended
in 1977, this law commonly became known as the Clean
Water Act
What is the EPA's primary wastewater legislation?
- Created pollution control programs
- Made it unlawful to discharge a point source into navigable
waters without a permit
- Funded construction of wastewater treatment plants
What did the Clean Water Act do?
If the operator:
- violates the permit
- falsifies records
- states misleading information on the licensing application
- or causes other violations
When can TCEQ revoke an operator's permit?
An act or omission through which waste or other substances
are inadvertently discharged into water in the state. TCEQ
must be notified within 24 hours if one occurs.
What is an accidental discharge? When must TCEQ be notified
about it?
Any discharge of wastewater into or adjacent to waters in the
state at a location not permitted as an outfall. Ex: SSO
What is an unauthorized discharge?
10,000 or more
At what population does a city may have to establish a water
pollution control and abatement program?
- Raised to a higher elevation
- Pumped over a hill
- Lifted at a plant for gravity flow
Lift stations are built when wastewater is:
- To maintain state water quality
- To promote wastewater collection and disposal systems
- To use all reasonable methods to implement the state water
plan
TCEQ's goals regarding water pollution control are:
