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Nebraska Section
- Provider
- Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment
- Format
- Written, unless an examination accommodation is provided
- Time limit
- 1 1/2 hours
- Passing score
- At least 70% on each required examination
Examination outline
Nebraska Section
- Nebraska minimum standards for water wells and water well pumps and pumping equipment
- The geological characteristics of the State of Nebraska
- The Act, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the Act and such other laws and regulations as may apply to groundwater and the water well industry
- Know how many sections a standard township is made up of
- Know each type of approved grouting material by the Board
- Know how many ground water/topographic regions there are in Nebraska
- Define porosity
- Define transmissivity
- Know and describe a confined aquifer
- Know how to decommission a well
- Define an unconfined aquifer
- Know who needs public liability and property damage insurance and how much
- Know what to do when a well is contaminated with hazardous materials to human health
- Describe the characteristics of a chalk/limestone aquifer
- Know the amount of continuing education hours
- Know where the majority of ground water in Nebraska’s aquifers came from
- Describe what a pump installation contractor does
- Describe what a water well monitoring technician does
- Describe what a water well drilling supervisor does
- Define drawdown
- Know what an applicant needs to do when they fail the exam(s)
- Know who reports the decommissioning of wells to the Dept of Natural Resources
- Know how to decommission a well that was constructed without enough surface seal
- Know the age of rocks in the Ogallala group
- Know what information is in the Groundwater Atlas of Nebraska
- Know what bedrock is commonly used a source of wells in much of central and western Nebraska
- Define a confined aquifer
- Know and describe the Dakota group aquifer located in Nebraska
- Define an aquifer
- Know and describe the Nebraska Glacial Drift ground water region
- Know where the High Plains aquifer is located
- Define permeability
- Describe what water table contour lines are
- Know how many days you have to report the decommissioning of wells to the Dept of Natural Resources
- Know what the Quaternary Alluvium aquifer is
- Know what a declaratory order is and when to request one
- Know the purpose of a benchmark on a map
- Know what can cause your license to be denied/revoked
- Know when a temporary hardship license can be provided
- Know when to hire a professional engineer or geologist when locating a closed loop heat pump
- Know when to renew your license
- Know what sources of contamination means
- Know what Natural Resource Districts do, and why
Examination sources
- Department examination-format statement, no version date stated
Item 1; Nebraska Section complete scope
- Department Nebraska Review Material, no edition date stated
Review material, page 1
- Department Nebraska Review Material, no edition date stated
Review material, page 2
- Department Nebraska Review Material, no edition date stated
Review material, page 3
- 134 NAC 2, effective June 28, 2026
134 NAC 2-002.03
- Department exam requirements and study-material page, pinned September 3, 2026
EXAM REQUIREMENTS; separate section scores and retakes
- WAT310, revised February 2026; publisher listing August 7, 2026
Section E; individually selectable examinations
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