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CSUS 354 FINAL EXAM What is the prior appropriation Doctrine? - Answer- Water allocation doctrine based on "first in time, first in right" principle What is illicit discharge elimination plan? - Answer- Porous pavement, green roofs, rain gardens -- similar techniques. What is the screen? - Answer- Component of a water well ensuring that sand/gravel won't get sucked into the faucet. What is the Clean Water Act (CWA) - Answer- The federal legislation requires communities of a ...

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CSUS 354 world's water distribution - Answer- 97% is salt water, 3% fresh water, nearly 70% of the freshwater is frozen, the remainder is groundwater and a little bit is surface water hydrologic cycle - Answer- runoff, evaporation, transpiration, cloud formation, precipitation, infiltration, water table, groundwater water balance: six types of storage - Answer- depression, channel, retention, detention, groundwater, vegetation runoff equation - Answer- runoff= precipitation - evap...

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CSUS 354 FINAL The bottom zone of a lake that is too dark to support rooted plants - Answer- profundal zone A surface layer of warm water that forms above a cooler layer of lake water - Answer- epilimnion A lake with this trophic status will have low nutrients, few plants and clear water - Answer- oligotrophic lake This instrument measures water clarity by lowering it until it disappears - Answer- secchi disk Before fertilizer is applied to a home lawn, this should be conducted -...

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