Gallatin Valley 101
The three rivers that join in Three Forks
What is the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin?
When the WC Division was 'founded'
What is 2014?
Gallons an old clothes washer uses
What is 27?
Term for water going into the sky
Most common substance found on earth?
Bozeman's municipal water source
What is Hyalite Reservoir, Lyman Spring, and Sourdough Creek?
Last drought
What is Summer 2021
Amount of water used on a lawn per week?
What is over 1,000 gallons?
Types of precipitation?
What is rain, hail, snow, and graupel?
Weight of a gallon of water
What is 8 lbs
Our treated water (from the waste water treatment plant) enters
What is East Gallatin River?
Percentage of water that goes to irrigate Bozeman lawns
What is nearly 40% of Bozeman's water supply?
Average Bozeman resident water usage in one day
What is 114 gallons/day?
Name the main properties of the water cycle
What is precipitation, evaporation, and condensation?
What is 71%? Mostly oceans
The main water source (not location) for Gallatin Valley
What is snowpack?
Name two drought tolerant demo gardens
What is Museum of the Rockies, City hall, Bozeman Public Safety Center, N 7th & 27th Medians, Professional Building, and Library
The gallon difference between an average shower and bathtub
What is 5 gallons? On average a tub uses 30 gal while a shower uses 25 gal
Cons of urban water cycle
What is more runoff, less infiltration, flooding, and pollution
Percentage of freshwater on earth
What is ~3%?
Population of Bozeman
What is 58,000?
The City of Bozeman Drought Equation
What is winter snowpack + spring melt + summer temperatures = water supply
Daily average amount of water used by ALL Bozeman residents
What is 6 million gallons or 6 large pools?
The peak month for evapotranspiration in Bozeman
What is July?
What continent has the majority of the freshwater?
What is Antartica?