TCEQ WASTEWATER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Main purpose of BOD test: - ✔✔Measures the oxygen depleting effect of wastewater
on the receiving stream.(WASTEWATER STRENGTH)
✔✔Facultative bacteria: - ✔✔Both aerobic and anaerobic
✔✔Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is? - ✔✔Toxic, rotten egg odor, combustible and slightly
heavier than air.
✔✔One cause of infiltration: - ✔✔Cracked pipes
✔✔Records help operators: - ✔✔Prepare reports, monitor the plant, justify plant
modifications, support budget requests.
✔✔Purpose of pre-treatment: - ✔✔To prevent and control hazardous wastes from
entering the wastewater system.
✔✔Install wastewater collection lines no closer then ____ - ✔✔9ft
✔✔Inverted siphons are built if the utility must construct under: - ✔✔Stream, highway or
railroad
SURE A+
✔✔Main purpose of BOD test: - ✔✔Measures the oxygen depleting effect of wastewater
on the receiving stream.(WASTEWATER STRENGTH)
✔✔Facultative bacteria: - ✔✔Both aerobic and anaerobic
✔✔Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is? - ✔✔Toxic, rotten egg odor, combustible and slightly
heavier than air.
✔✔One cause of infiltration: - ✔✔Cracked pipes
✔✔Records help operators: - ✔✔Prepare reports, monitor the plant, justify plant
modifications, support budget requests.
✔✔Purpose of pre-treatment: - ✔✔To prevent and control hazardous wastes from
entering the wastewater system.
✔✔Install wastewater collection lines no closer then ____ - ✔✔9ft
✔✔Inverted siphons are built if the utility must construct under: - ✔✔Stream, highway or
railroad
