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BRAE 349 FINAL Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+
300 billion centuries - ✔✔Assuming you could...roughly how much time
would it take to count the water molecules (H2O) in one small drop of water
at a rate of one per second?
23.7 billion gallons (or about 72,700 Acre-Feet) - ✔✔Assuming the
population in California is 39.5 million, how many gallons of water would be
needed to make the food to create 1 hamburger (use the quarter-pounder
from lecture) for lunch for 1 day? Assume grain-fed beef versus grass-fed
beef.
1960s - ✔✔When were the state water projects constructed in California?
About 30 feet (according to Dr. Poland) - ✔✔How much subsidence has
occurred at Mendota, California after groundwater pumping?
Nitrates can cause health problems such as Blue Baby Syndrome -
✔✔Why are nitrates in the groundwater an issue?
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Difference between supply and demand of the snow pack/rainfall runoff
water - ✔✔Why is reservoir storage needed in California?
Treated wastewater for ag and drinking water,
Seawater - Desalinization,
Improved efficiency for ag and urban water use
(all of the above) - ✔✔Which of the following represent relatively "new"
sources of water in California?
850 million AF - ✔✔How much water is stored as groundwater in California
(reservoir storage is about 40 Million AF)?
30% - ✔✔What percent of California groundwater is used as a key source
of water in a normal water year
1,926 feet and 1,120,000 Horsepower - ✔✔What is the lift (in feet) and
combined horsepower of the Edmonston Pumping Plant that moves water
over the Tehachapi Mountains to Southern California?
A majority of the rain water falls in the northern part of the state, but a
majority of the population is in the southern part of the state. - ✔✔What is
one of the greatest issues in California's hydrology?
BRAE 349 FINAL Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+
300 billion centuries - ✔✔Assuming you could...roughly how much time
would it take to count the water molecules (H2O) in one small drop of water
at a rate of one per second?
23.7 billion gallons (or about 72,700 Acre-Feet) - ✔✔Assuming the
population in California is 39.5 million, how many gallons of water would be
needed to make the food to create 1 hamburger (use the quarter-pounder
from lecture) for lunch for 1 day? Assume grain-fed beef versus grass-fed
beef.
1960s - ✔✔When were the state water projects constructed in California?
About 30 feet (according to Dr. Poland) - ✔✔How much subsidence has
occurred at Mendota, California after groundwater pumping?
Nitrates can cause health problems such as Blue Baby Syndrome -
✔✔Why are nitrates in the groundwater an issue?
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
Difference between supply and demand of the snow pack/rainfall runoff
water - ✔✔Why is reservoir storage needed in California?
Treated wastewater for ag and drinking water,
Seawater - Desalinization,
Improved efficiency for ag and urban water use
(all of the above) - ✔✔Which of the following represent relatively "new"
sources of water in California?
850 million AF - ✔✔How much water is stored as groundwater in California
(reservoir storage is about 40 Million AF)?
30% - ✔✔What percent of California groundwater is used as a key source
of water in a normal water year
1,926 feet and 1,120,000 Horsepower - ✔✔What is the lift (in feet) and
combined horsepower of the Edmonston Pumping Plant that moves water
over the Tehachapi Mountains to Southern California?
A majority of the rain water falls in the northern part of the state, but a
majority of the population is in the southern part of the state. - ✔✔What is
one of the greatest issues in California's hydrology?
