Brae 340 exam 1 questions and answers
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superior right - correct answer ✔✔Higher in priority than subordinate rights. Must be satisfied
before allocating to subordinate rights.
Article X - correct answer ✔✔Establishes "reasonable and beneficial" standard for water use.
Watershed - correct answer ✔✔Area determined by topography contributing to a particular
surface water source (stream, lake, etc.).
adjudicate - correct answer ✔✔Establish in court the priority, amount and/or share of the rights
to water from a particular source.
wright act, 1887 - correct answer ✔✔Also known as the Irrigation District Law, allowed
formation of local irrigation districts
wheeling - correct answer ✔✔Water agencies' agreement to move water between them (direct
conveyance system need not exist).
subordinate right - correct answer ✔✔Lower in priority than superior rights. Can only be
satisfied with water leftover after superior rights.
unsufructuary right - correct answer ✔✔A right to use the water, but not to own the fluid itself.
SBx7 - correct answer ✔✔Was enacted in November 2009, requiring all water suppliers to
increase water use efficiency.
,Governor of California - correct answer ✔✔Mandated the formation of the State Department of
Water Resources.
aquifer - correct answer ✔✔Underground rock, gravel or sand which stores and conveys water
through pore spaces.
license - correct answer ✔✔An official document giving permission to appropriate water.
local projects/ facility - correct answer ✔✔Hetch-Hetchy Aqueduct
Colorado River Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Federal project/ facility - correct answer ✔✔Madera Canal
Claire Engle Lake
Shasta lake
Coalinga Cana
Friant-Kern Canal
Folsom Canal
State Project/ Facility - correct answer ✔✔California Aqueduct
SWP
Lake Oroville
The Delta is the only source of water for nearly 2/3 of the State's population. - correct answer
✔✔False
, Water from the State water projects is generally more expensive than water from Federal
projects. - correct answer ✔✔True
If California, hydraulic mining was stopped in 1884. A major reason for this was that hydraulic
mining could no longer recover much gold. - correct answer ✔✔False
In a normal year, California pumps less groundwater than is returned to its aquifers. - correct
answer ✔✔False
In a normal year, it is estimated that California consumes 63.5 MAF of water. Identify the
percentage (of consumptive use) used by each of the sectors listed below. - correct answer
✔✔urban- 9%
agriculture- 38%
environmental- 38%
misc and - 15%
Local, State, and Federal water projects in California transport what approximately what portion
of the state's total surface water supply to areas of greatest water demand? - correct answer
✔✔80 %
California's agriculture uses about what percent of its developed water supply in an average
year? - correct answer ✔✔80%
California's urban sector consumes about what portion of its total water supply during an
average year? - correct answer ✔✔11%
California's agricultural and urban users consume about what portion of its total water use
during an average year? - correct answer ✔✔52%
graded A+ updated
superior right - correct answer ✔✔Higher in priority than subordinate rights. Must be satisfied
before allocating to subordinate rights.
Article X - correct answer ✔✔Establishes "reasonable and beneficial" standard for water use.
Watershed - correct answer ✔✔Area determined by topography contributing to a particular
surface water source (stream, lake, etc.).
adjudicate - correct answer ✔✔Establish in court the priority, amount and/or share of the rights
to water from a particular source.
wright act, 1887 - correct answer ✔✔Also known as the Irrigation District Law, allowed
formation of local irrigation districts
wheeling - correct answer ✔✔Water agencies' agreement to move water between them (direct
conveyance system need not exist).
subordinate right - correct answer ✔✔Lower in priority than superior rights. Can only be
satisfied with water leftover after superior rights.
unsufructuary right - correct answer ✔✔A right to use the water, but not to own the fluid itself.
SBx7 - correct answer ✔✔Was enacted in November 2009, requiring all water suppliers to
increase water use efficiency.
,Governor of California - correct answer ✔✔Mandated the formation of the State Department of
Water Resources.
aquifer - correct answer ✔✔Underground rock, gravel or sand which stores and conveys water
through pore spaces.
license - correct answer ✔✔An official document giving permission to appropriate water.
local projects/ facility - correct answer ✔✔Hetch-Hetchy Aqueduct
Colorado River Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Federal project/ facility - correct answer ✔✔Madera Canal
Claire Engle Lake
Shasta lake
Coalinga Cana
Friant-Kern Canal
Folsom Canal
State Project/ Facility - correct answer ✔✔California Aqueduct
SWP
Lake Oroville
The Delta is the only source of water for nearly 2/3 of the State's population. - correct answer
✔✔False
, Water from the State water projects is generally more expensive than water from Federal
projects. - correct answer ✔✔True
If California, hydraulic mining was stopped in 1884. A major reason for this was that hydraulic
mining could no longer recover much gold. - correct answer ✔✔False
In a normal year, California pumps less groundwater than is returned to its aquifers. - correct
answer ✔✔False
In a normal year, it is estimated that California consumes 63.5 MAF of water. Identify the
percentage (of consumptive use) used by each of the sectors listed below. - correct answer
✔✔urban- 9%
agriculture- 38%
environmental- 38%
misc and - 15%
Local, State, and Federal water projects in California transport what approximately what portion
of the state's total surface water supply to areas of greatest water demand? - correct answer
✔✔80 %
California's agriculture uses about what percent of its developed water supply in an average
year? - correct answer ✔✔80%
California's urban sector consumes about what portion of its total water supply during an
average year? - correct answer ✔✔11%
California's agricultural and urban users consume about what portion of its total water use
during an average year? - correct answer ✔✔52%
