Practise Certified Water Technologist (CWT) Exam with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
Association of Water Technologies (AWT) · Current AWT Exam Candidate Handbook, identified by AWT as revised October 2026. Section 3A supplies the examination content outline; no separate outline effective date or numerical domain weights are stated. The assigned workbook label matches the verified credential.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Become Certified — AWT
- Certified Water Technologist (CWT) Exam Candidate Handbook
- UFC 3-230-13: Industrial Water Treatment Operation and Maintenance
- Alkalinity and Water — USGS
- pH and Water — USGS
- Hardness of Water — USGS
- Water Handbook, Chapter 08: Ion Exchange, Water Demineralization & Resin Testing
- Water Handbook, Chapter 09: Membrane Systems
- Water Handbook, Chapter 06: Filtration
- Deaerators in Industrial Steam Systems — Steam Tip Sheet 18
- Best Management Practice 8: Steam Boiler Systems
- Minimize Boiler Blowdown — Steam Tip Sheet 9
- Water Handbook, Chapter 12: Boiler Deposits—Occurrence and Control
- Water Handbook, Chapter 16: Steam Purity
- Water Handbook, Chapter 19: Condensate System Corrosion
- Water Handbook, Chapter 11: Preboiler and Boiler Corrosion Control
- WaterSense at Work, Section 6.3: Cooling Towers
- Controlling Legionella in Cooling Towers — CDC
- Water Handbook, Chapter 32: Closed Recirculating Cooling Systems
- Water Handbook, Chapter 25: Deposit and Scale Control—Cooling Systems
- 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix D: Safety Data Sheets
- 29 CFR 1910.147: The Control of Hazardous Energy
- 29 CFR 1910.146: Permit-Required Confined Spaces
- NPDES Permit Basics — EPA
- Introduction to Pesticide Labels — EPA
- Hazardous Materials Transportation Requirements — PHMSA
Certified Water Technologist (CWT) Exam
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Two makeup waters both have pH 8.2. Water X has alkalinity of 35 mg/L as CaCO3; water Y has alkalinity of 180 mg/L as CaCO3. Which conclusion is best supported?
Certified Water Technologist (CWT) Exam
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General Water Treatment Knowledge
Basic Water Treatment Chemistry and Terminology / Logarithmic pH
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