TCEQ TX Class C Wastewater Treatment
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1. Preliminary Treatment:
Answer the 1st stage of sewage treatment where large debris, such as sticks, grit, and rags pas through a
screen followed by a grit chamber, where the flow of water is slowed enough to allow for sedimentation.
2. What stage of treatment is grit removal usually accomplished in?:
Answer preliminary treatment
3. Rotating Biological Contactor:
Answer a type of biological secondary treatment process
4. How are protozoa (cause of amoebic dysentery) destroyed?:
Answer disinfection
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, 5. Other than stream discharge, what are other ways to dispose of effluent
wastewater?:
Answer aquifer recharge, evaporation in a pond, and application to farm land by irrigation
6. Clean Water Act: Answer gives the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the
United States
7. Texas Water Code: Answer gives the TCEQ jurisdiction over discharges of waste into or adjacent to water in the state
8. Who reviews plans and specifications for new construction projects before
construction begins?:
Answer TCEQ
9. Water quality fees may be as high as per permit?:
Answer $115,000
10. Administrative penalties, up to per day for each violation, may be
assessed against any violator.:
Answer $25,000
11. Every city with more than in population needs to establish a water
pollution control program and hire qualified personnel to administer it.:
Answer 10,000
12. State law requires that reports are to be submitted no later than the
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, th day of the following month.:
Answer 20
13. What are major surface waters classified as for the purposes of water quality
management and designation of site-specific standards?:
Answer segments
14. Inflow: Answer direct discharges of storm water or surface water into a wastewater collection system (storm
drains, roof gutters, yard drains, basement sump pumps and broken manholes and wastewater lines).
15. How many gallons per day will each person contribute to the wastewater
treatment plant?:
Answer 100
16. How much BOD will each person contribute to the wastewater treatment
plant each day?:
Answer 0.17
17. Cause of septic wastewater:
Answer bacterial action
18. Classifications of solids in wastewater:
Answer fixed/ash, suspended/dissolved, organic/inorganic
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License Exam (Latest Update)
Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A+
1. Preliminary Treatment:
Answer the 1st stage of sewage treatment where large debris, such as sticks, grit, and rags pas through a
screen followed by a grit chamber, where the flow of water is slowed enough to allow for sedimentation.
2. What stage of treatment is grit removal usually accomplished in?:
Answer preliminary treatment
3. Rotating Biological Contactor:
Answer a type of biological secondary treatment process
4. How are protozoa (cause of amoebic dysentery) destroyed?:
Answer disinfection
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, 5. Other than stream discharge, what are other ways to dispose of effluent
wastewater?:
Answer aquifer recharge, evaporation in a pond, and application to farm land by irrigation
6. Clean Water Act: Answer gives the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the
United States
7. Texas Water Code: Answer gives the TCEQ jurisdiction over discharges of waste into or adjacent to water in the state
8. Who reviews plans and specifications for new construction projects before
construction begins?:
Answer TCEQ
9. Water quality fees may be as high as per permit?:
Answer $115,000
10. Administrative penalties, up to per day for each violation, may be
assessed against any violator.:
Answer $25,000
11. Every city with more than in population needs to establish a water
pollution control program and hire qualified personnel to administer it.:
Answer 10,000
12. State law requires that reports are to be submitted no later than the
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, th day of the following month.:
Answer 20
13. What are major surface waters classified as for the purposes of water quality
management and designation of site-specific standards?:
Answer segments
14. Inflow: Answer direct discharges of storm water or surface water into a wastewater collection system (storm
drains, roof gutters, yard drains, basement sump pumps and broken manholes and wastewater lines).
15. How many gallons per day will each person contribute to the wastewater
treatment plant?:
Answer 100
16. How much BOD will each person contribute to the wastewater treatment
plant each day?:
Answer 0.17
17. Cause of septic wastewater:
Answer bacterial action
18. Classifications of solids in wastewater:
Answer fixed/ash, suspended/dissolved, organic/inorganic
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