WATER TREATMENT CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by
following specific legal procedure? Answer: Appropriative Water Rights
▶ What type of rights are acquired by diverting water, to which other
parties may or may not have prior claims, and putting it to use for a period
of time specified by statute? Answer: Prescriptive Water Rights
▶ Water that drains from saturated or impermeable surfaces, into stream
channels and then into natural or artificial storage sites or into the ocean in
costal areas is called? Answer: Direct Runoff
▶ Generally, surface water is characterized by traits such as.... Answer:
soft water, turbidity, suspended solids, some color, and microbial
contamination.
▶ Generally, ground water is characterized by traits such as... Answer:
Higher levels of dissolved gasses, lower levels of of color, relatively high
hardness, and freedom from microbial contamination.
▶ The upper surface of the zone of saturation, if not confined by
impermeable material, is called the... Answer: Water Table
▶ physical characteristics relate to the sseensory qualities of water for
domestic use such as the water's Answer: observed coor, turbiditu,
temperature, taste, and odor.
▶ Chemical differences between waters include Answer: mineral content
and the presence or absence f constituents such as fluoride, sulfide, and
aacids.
▶ Biological character of water refers to the Answer: presence of
organisms, alive or dead, and their metabolic products
, ▶ In the operation of water treatment plants, three basic objectives are
controlling... Answer: 1) production of a safe drinking water, 2) Production
of an aesthetically pleasing drinking water, 3) production of drinking water
at a reasonable cost with respect to capital and also operation and
maintenance costs.
▶ a water well is an... Answer: excavation or structure created in the
ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in
underground aquifers.
▶ one of the most used pumps that uses an impeller to spin the liquid
outward is know as a.... Answer: cintrufugal pump
▶ this type of pump uses an impeller-diffuser to push water using a Venturi
throat to get velocity... Answer: Jet Pump
▶ Reciprocating Pump Answer: uses a piston or diaphragm to move liquid
and is also used for injecting chemicals into our water.
▶ Rotary Pumps Answer: uses a rotating mechanism to move liquid also
used for injecting chemicals into our water.
▶ The Impeller Answer: The impeller is the heart of the pump that spins
liquid outward by centrifugal force.
▶ The "shaft" of a pump... Answer: supports the impeller, is covered by a
sleeve, and can be made of several different metals depending on the
liquid being pumped.
▶ The Pump Casing Answer: The impeller sets inside the pump casing.
The shaft goes through it. There should be no strain whatsoever on the
casing.
▶ Nutrients promote Eutrophication of a lake from... Answer: Phosphates,
Nitrates, organic nitrogen compounds and cause the growth of algal
blooms.
▶ Algal Blooms cause... Answer: Taste and odor problems, very short filter
runs, An increase in pH, depletion of dissolved oxygen, and organic
loading.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ What type of water rights are acquired for the beneficial us of water by
following specific legal procedure? Answer: Appropriative Water Rights
▶ What type of rights are acquired by diverting water, to which other
parties may or may not have prior claims, and putting it to use for a period
of time specified by statute? Answer: Prescriptive Water Rights
▶ Water that drains from saturated or impermeable surfaces, into stream
channels and then into natural or artificial storage sites or into the ocean in
costal areas is called? Answer: Direct Runoff
▶ Generally, surface water is characterized by traits such as.... Answer:
soft water, turbidity, suspended solids, some color, and microbial
contamination.
▶ Generally, ground water is characterized by traits such as... Answer:
Higher levels of dissolved gasses, lower levels of of color, relatively high
hardness, and freedom from microbial contamination.
▶ The upper surface of the zone of saturation, if not confined by
impermeable material, is called the... Answer: Water Table
▶ physical characteristics relate to the sseensory qualities of water for
domestic use such as the water's Answer: observed coor, turbiditu,
temperature, taste, and odor.
▶ Chemical differences between waters include Answer: mineral content
and the presence or absence f constituents such as fluoride, sulfide, and
aacids.
▶ Biological character of water refers to the Answer: presence of
organisms, alive or dead, and their metabolic products
, ▶ In the operation of water treatment plants, three basic objectives are
controlling... Answer: 1) production of a safe drinking water, 2) Production
of an aesthetically pleasing drinking water, 3) production of drinking water
at a reasonable cost with respect to capital and also operation and
maintenance costs.
▶ a water well is an... Answer: excavation or structure created in the
ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in
underground aquifers.
▶ one of the most used pumps that uses an impeller to spin the liquid
outward is know as a.... Answer: cintrufugal pump
▶ this type of pump uses an impeller-diffuser to push water using a Venturi
throat to get velocity... Answer: Jet Pump
▶ Reciprocating Pump Answer: uses a piston or diaphragm to move liquid
and is also used for injecting chemicals into our water.
▶ Rotary Pumps Answer: uses a rotating mechanism to move liquid also
used for injecting chemicals into our water.
▶ The Impeller Answer: The impeller is the heart of the pump that spins
liquid outward by centrifugal force.
▶ The "shaft" of a pump... Answer: supports the impeller, is covered by a
sleeve, and can be made of several different metals depending on the
liquid being pumped.
▶ The Pump Casing Answer: The impeller sets inside the pump casing.
The shaft goes through it. There should be no strain whatsoever on the
casing.
▶ Nutrients promote Eutrophication of a lake from... Answer: Phosphates,
Nitrates, organic nitrogen compounds and cause the growth of algal
blooms.
▶ Algal Blooms cause... Answer: Taste and odor problems, very short filter
runs, An increase in pH, depletion of dissolved oxygen, and organic
loading.
