Texas Irrigation Technician Exam
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Who composes the Irrigator Council?
6 Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council?
Provide advice on matters concerning irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a license?
Being charged with a Class C misdemeanor
Absorption Rate
Absorption Rate: How fast a rate at which the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure
The operating pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure?
subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap
A complete physical separation between the free flowing discharge end of a potable water supply
pipeline and an open or non-pressure recieveing vessel
Application Rate
Rate that a head applies water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with?
Precipitation Rate
Arc
The surface area of the landscape that the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans
A corrected or redrawn plan, showing location of all major components of a system
A.W.W.A.
American Water Works Association
Backflow
The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow of water in a piping system
Questions and Answers (Verified
Answers)
Who composes the Irrigator Council?
6 Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council?
Provide advice on matters concerning irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a license?
Being charged with a Class C misdemeanor
Absorption Rate
Absorption Rate: How fast a rate at which the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure
The operating pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure?
subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap
A complete physical separation between the free flowing discharge end of a potable water supply
pipeline and an open or non-pressure recieveing vessel
Application Rate
Rate that a head applies water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with?
Precipitation Rate
Arc
The surface area of the landscape that the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans
A corrected or redrawn plan, showing location of all major components of a system
A.W.W.A.
American Water Works Association
Backflow
The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow of water in a piping system
